Try adding "chanlist 36-165" to the ifconfig create command to limit the channels it'll consider. See if that helps!
-adrian On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 at 17:00, Kevin Oberman <rkober...@gmail.com> wrote: > This week I noted a number of wireless updates and updated my system to > the head yesterday. I now see many 5G channels including my own router. > > ifconfig wlan0 list chan > Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g ht > Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a vht > Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a vht > Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a vht > Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a vht > Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 149 : 5745 MHz 11a vht > Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht Channel 153 : 5765 MHz 11a vht > Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht Channel 157 : 5785 MHz 11a vht > Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g ht Channel 161 : 5805 MHz 11a vht > Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g ht Channel 165 : 5825* MHz 11a > > Channel 11 is the one I am connected to while 157 is my 5G channel. My > system still ony will connect to the 2.4G channel, but I want to try > forcing it to the 5M channel. > > Would adding "mode 11a" to the rc.conf entry for this interface be what > has worked for tleast some other? > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkober...@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 >
