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• April 28, 2015 at 3:46 pm #132
  pcwrt

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  In addition to setting SSID and wireless security, the Wireless Settings page allows you to:

  • Enable or disable wireless network.
  • Change the wifi channel.
  • Change wifi transmission power.
  • Set up MAC address filtering.

  

  February 10, 2026 at 10:31 pm #7177
  ccsmith

  Participant

  Don’t use an apostrophe in a the WiFi key! I found out the hard way.

  February 12, 2026 at 7:42 pm #7185
  support

  Keymaster

  @ccsmith Thanks for reporting this! This is a bug for the CF-WR619AC model. We’ll fix it in the next update.

  April 30, 2026 at 3:21 pm #7234
  Montgomery49323

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  if using a Mesh Router setup (2 AX1800s), does the “Satellite” unit mirror the Channel assignments, Channel size, and Power output levels of the main unit or should it be setup separately by the User?

  Also, for best results, what is more important to balance coverage and speed – i.e. Channel size more important than power or vice-versa?

  April 30, 2026 at 3:27 pm #7235
  Montgomery49323

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  One more question – should VLAN’s be on their own channel or share the same channel as the primary network?

  May 2, 2026 at 2:52 pm #7236
  Montgomery49323

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  Additional questions –

  With a Mesh router, Netspot (wi-fi tester) is showing two of each SSID, is this normal as the computer’s wi-fi is only showing one SSID? Also, if the channel bandwidth is reduced from 80 MHz to 40 MHz will that prevent the VLAN’s from operating normally? Having some wi-fi dropout issues even with the units meshed and was curious if the smaller channel size may help. I am using 149 and have some distant neighbors on 157 (their SNR is showing as under 10)

  Looks like you can delete my earlier post above as I see that the VLAN’s are on the same channel as the “main” network.

  May 5, 2026 at 3:19 pm #7243
  support

  Keymaster

  @montgomery49323 For mesh setup, WiFi configuration is mirrored by the satellite nodes. It’s better to keep the channel width at 80 MHz. Also lower channels like 36 and 48 work better than higher channels like 149 etc.

  If you experience WiFi dropouts, please let us know.

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