Feature Request: Ability to change frequency channel

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
*Using this app near an existing WIFI AP configured to the same channel.

What is the expected output?
*Staying connected.

What do you see instead?
*Loss of connectivity after a few minutes which requires the app being
stopped, closed, phone reboot, app restarted to regain connectivity.

What version of the product are you using?
*0.9.3

Please provide any additional information below.
*I can't say for an absolute fact that this is causing my connectivity
problem I'm having at home but everything I did to try and find whats
causing this points to the G1 and my neighbors WIFI being on the same
channel. Tethering works fine everywhere else I've tried it, without issues.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by widt...@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2009 at 8:40

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Original comment by ulf...@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2009 at 10:38

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Hi!

The parameter "dot11DesiredChannel" (tiwlan.ini) should do the trick ...
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/source/detail?r=37
(We could implement that like we did for the SSID :-))

I've created a test-apk ... for testing here:
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/signed_andTether_0_93_channel6.a
pk

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2009 at 10:46

• Changed state: Accepted

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I made a GUI interface to changed the channel. It behaves like SSID changing, 
in that
it won't change right away if you set it while tethering is running. If Harald 
gets
auto-restart set up for one, it should be easy to do for both.

http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/signed_andTether_0.94_pre1.apk

Original comment by ulf...@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2009 at 1:54

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AWESOME!!! I tried 0.93_channel6.apk and that worked better than before but was 
still
losing connection (took much longer.. 15 min instead of < 5). I'm now running
0.94_pre1.apk and have NOT lost connection yet (nearly 50 mins now on channel 4)

Thanks again for the quick responses to this =]

Original comment by widt...@gmail.com on 11 Mar 2009 at 3:08

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Original comment by ulf...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2009 at 6:19

• Changed state: Started

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Added code to restart tether when this setting is changed. I now consider this 
work
complete.

Original comment by ulf...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2009 at 6:59

• Changed state: Fixed