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[Question] Choice of channel #4

Closed octera closed 1 year ago

octera commented 1 year ago

Hello, Maybe a dummy question : how to pick up the best channel ?

Here is my result of energy scan, but I don't know if I have to pick the one with higher or lower dBm ...

Starting energy scan... Energy scan result: channel 11: -72 dBm Energy scan result: channel 12: -73 dBm Energy scan result: channel 13: -36 dBm Energy scan result: channel 14: -33 dBm Energy scan result: channel 15: -37 dBm Energy scan result: channel 16: -50 dBm Energy scan result: channel 17: -40 dBm Energy scan result: channel 18: -40 dBm Energy scan result: channel 19: -49 dBm Energy scan result: channel 20: -50 dBm Energy scan result: channel 21: -76 dBm Energy scan result: channel 22: -79 dBm Energy scan result: channel 23: -80 dBm Energy scan result: channel 24: -80 dBm Energy scan result: channel 25: -72 dBm Energy scan result: channel 26: -27 dBm

Thanks

jlama commented 1 year ago

It's like Wifi, the higher the better. So channel 26 or 14 in your case.