The 2.4Ghz band around my townhome community needless to say is pretty crowded. I use InSSIDer and have experimented with channel selection but have never really understood how Auto channel selection feature on the router works. I have an ASUS RT-N66U. See attached screen shot from InSSIDer.
In Auto mode it always picks Ch 6. Other combo modem gateways I have used have typically chosen Ch 11. This router picks Ch 6 even though it has slightly more cochannel and overlapping network than Ch 11. And no router has ever picked Ch 1 which as you can see from the pic is practically abondoned. Perhaps everyone's routers are set to Auto and there is something about the channel selection algorithm that runs away from Ch 1 ?
Another thing I have not understood is how often does this auto channel selection check to see if it is on the best channel ? Once per reboot ? Every few minutes ?
Finally, what do you think would be the best channel for me ?
In Auto mode it always picks Ch 6. Other combo modem gateways I have used have typically chosen Ch 11. This router picks Ch 6 even though it has slightly more cochannel and overlapping network than Ch 11. And no router has ever picked Ch 1 which as you can see from the pic is practically abondoned. Perhaps everyone's routers are set to Auto and there is something about the channel selection algorithm that runs away from Ch 1 ?
Another thing I have not understood is how often does this auto channel selection check to see if it is on the best channel ? Once per reboot ? Every few minutes ?
Finally, what do you think would be the best channel for me ?