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Even with the recent hard push of Wi-Fi Certified 40 MHz coexistence mechanisms, many routers I have seen pretty much ignore everything and bond channels no matter what. Some have certain settings you must choose to make it work. Why are these products slipping by and are still getting certified for "40 MHz operation in 2.4 GHz, with coexistence mechanism" is what I wonder.
First off, my EA6300V1 is certified under that. Sure, it won't bond when I set it to auto width mode while in mixed mode. On the other hand, if I set it to auto 20/40 and N only, it'll bond no matter what's going on. - Wi-Fi Certified
Secondly, the RT-N66 is certified, yet it has 40 MHz only mode. How does this get by? - Wi-Fi Certified
Some other examples(my neighborhood has a lot of networks, there's no way a 40 MHz would be allowed, especially with all of the overlapping networks):
- My old R6250 would force bonding when the "Enable 20/40 MHz coexistence" box is unchecked. Pretty much allowing the device to have a 40 MHz only mode. - Wi-Fi Certified
- My neighbor's rented Comcast gateway(Arris TG862G) pretty much always channel bonds on channel 1 even if I plop my network on theirs(while I have a strong signal) and won't let go of that bond no matter what I try. - Wi-Fi Certified
- A friend's rented Comcast gateway(SMCD3GNV) pretty much bonds no matter what. They could have another router right on the same channel/overlapping it and it won't do anything about it all. When I had that gateway, it would bond all of the time too even if I was already overlapping my neighbors. - Wi-Fi Certified
- My other neighbor's WNR1000 bonds channel 2+6 even if I'm on 1 or 6 and their gateway/printer's network is already on 1. It even went to channel 6(my channel) and kept bonding along with 6+10. - Wi-Fi Certified
- Here is a sort of situation. My WD N750 would sometimes slip up and allow bonding until I connected with my Netgear WNDA4100(good), but otherwise wouldn't bother to stop the bonding with other devices and all of the overlapping networks. - Wi-Fi Certified
- Recently was helping another friend with their Belkin F9K1116. As a test, I put it on a channel with a lot of other networks around it. Nothing really special was needed other than a basic switch on of 20/40 MHz from 20 MHz and it begin bonding no problem. The Belkin even had a G device connected. - Wi-Fi Certified
Am I missing something? Is the Wi-Fi certified somehow only based on defaults and it doesn't matter once the settings are changed? If so, I think that's silly of a thing to do.
First off, my EA6300V1 is certified under that. Sure, it won't bond when I set it to auto width mode while in mixed mode. On the other hand, if I set it to auto 20/40 and N only, it'll bond no matter what's going on. - Wi-Fi Certified
Secondly, the RT-N66 is certified, yet it has 40 MHz only mode. How does this get by? - Wi-Fi Certified
Some other examples(my neighborhood has a lot of networks, there's no way a 40 MHz would be allowed, especially with all of the overlapping networks):
- My old R6250 would force bonding when the "Enable 20/40 MHz coexistence" box is unchecked. Pretty much allowing the device to have a 40 MHz only mode. - Wi-Fi Certified
- My neighbor's rented Comcast gateway(Arris TG862G) pretty much always channel bonds on channel 1 even if I plop my network on theirs(while I have a strong signal) and won't let go of that bond no matter what I try. - Wi-Fi Certified
- A friend's rented Comcast gateway(SMCD3GNV) pretty much bonds no matter what. They could have another router right on the same channel/overlapping it and it won't do anything about it all. When I had that gateway, it would bond all of the time too even if I was already overlapping my neighbors. - Wi-Fi Certified
- My other neighbor's WNR1000 bonds channel 2+6 even if I'm on 1 or 6 and their gateway/printer's network is already on 1. It even went to channel 6(my channel) and kept bonding along with 6+10. - Wi-Fi Certified
- Here is a sort of situation. My WD N750 would sometimes slip up and allow bonding until I connected with my Netgear WNDA4100(good), but otherwise wouldn't bother to stop the bonding with other devices and all of the overlapping networks. - Wi-Fi Certified
- Recently was helping another friend with their Belkin F9K1116. As a test, I put it on a channel with a lot of other networks around it. Nothing really special was needed other than a basic switch on of 20/40 MHz from 20 MHz and it begin bonding no problem. The Belkin even had a G device connected. - Wi-Fi Certified
Am I missing something? Is the Wi-Fi certified somehow only based on defaults and it doesn't matter once the settings are changed? If so, I think that's silly of a thing to do.
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