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It's unbelievable but the channel-change worked! I changed it from Automatic (13) to Ch 3, and lo & behold: the N900 picked it up.

I guess this is one of those mysteries?
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Originally Posted by bioman View Post
It's unbelievable but the channel-change worked! I changed it from Automatic (13) to Ch 3, and lo & behold: the N900 picked it up.

I guess this is one of those mysteries?
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Not really. If a lot of people are on the same channel they will interfere with each other. The N900 uses intensive power saving so will try to minimise the traffic it generates so naturally is more sensitive to this than a laptop.

Chances are you could also fix the issue by switching down the WiFi power saving settings on the N900, but that would have a large hit on battery life.
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Originally Posted by Alex Atkin UK View Post
The N900 uses intensive power saving so will try to minimise the traffic it generates so naturally is more sensitive to this than a laptop.
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I switched from UK to Global firmware. My N900 now no longer works with channel 13 (perhaps 12 too, not sure). In fact, I'd already switched to Global FW, then moved my wifi from 6 to 13. The N900 followed the wifi up to channel 13, but when I rebooted it, it wouldn't find the access point. I'm now using channel 11.

Hope this clears things up a bit, although I don't understand why the N900 with Global FW followed the access point and worked when it changed from 6 to 13 initially, before the reboot. Perhaps that is a bug.
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Originally Posted by fnordianslip View Post
I switched from UK to Global firmware. My N900 now no longer works with channel 13 (perhaps 12 too, not sure). In fact, I'd already switched to Global FW, then moved my wifi from 6 to 13. The N900 followed the wifi up to channel 13, but when I rebooted it, it wouldn't find the access point. I'm now using channel 11.

Hope this clears things up a bit, although I don't understand why the N900 with Global FW followed the access point and worked when it changed from 6 to 13 initially, before the reboot. Perhaps that is a bug.
Channel 13 is not an authorized channel for wifi in many parts of the world (U.S. included). It's probably built into the global firmware to not communicate on that channel so that it can pass the various regulatory hurdles for sale in those respective countries that utilize the global firmware by default. Just a theory...
 
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Interesting theory, but why does communication via Channel 13 work for a certain amount of time and then suddenly not anymore?


Btw: how do I know if what firmware I have, i.e. USA or the global?
 
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