My good friend and I take advantage of our MacBooks from an area espresso store sitting on the identical desk. My Wifi connection is way worse than hers is. Utilizing possibility + click on on the 🛜 menu, which reveals community data, I see that we’re on totally different channels:
- 108 (5 GHz 80 MHz) works tremendous for my good friend
- 11 (2.4 GHz 20 MHz) is gradual for me
I wish to reconnect on chanel 108, to match her configuration. Hopefully this can enhance my connection.
Issues I’ve tried
Per Apple’s assist boards, I attempted this command:
sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Sources/airport --channel=108
This command has no speedy impact. Repeating the command with the -c
flag, which exhibits the channel quantity, signifies that it stays at 11. Nevertheless, if I repeat the command with the -z
flag, which disconnects the connection, the channel does develop into 108, however solely briefly. After I reconnect to the WiFi, it reverts to channel 11.
After I scan all networks with the -s
flag, I see two gadgets listed with the identical SSID, one at channel 11 and one at 108. So, the channel I would like is “proper there” and my laptop computer simply is not utilizing it.
Another person on Stack Alternate requested an analogous query years in the past, and was advised that the channel merely can’t be modified besides on the WAP. Naturally in a espresso store I haven’t got entry to the WAP. As my good friend is ready to use the opposite channel it appears to me it is a matter of configuration in our laptops. How can I alter the channel?
I’m on a MacBook Professional working Sonoma 14.2.1