I'm sure a lot of AP or WiFi modem/router can perform an autoscan to select the best channel to be used during the boot.
Is the channel selection also performed in other situations (other than device boot)?
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I'm sure a lot of AP or WiFi modem/router can perform an autoscan to select the best channel to be used during the boot.
Is the channel selection also performed in other situations (other than device boot)?
Best Answer
This is not a general truth, but some WiFi Routers/ AP's do change the channel without rebooting. Some reasons include, but not limit to:
Please note that this behavior is very manufacturer specific / firmware specific, for example some Open Source Firmware such as OpenWRT or DD-WRT can be configured to hop channels based on user defined conditions