“Can you manually change the frequency of the 5 GHz band to anything under 100, or is it only automatic?”
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The Netgear UI has an ADVANCED > Setup > Wireless Setup where you can change the channel. Each band has a section. So you can go to the 5GHz section and look for the Channel: drop-down. It has a list of all the Wi-Fi channel numbers within the 5GHz band. It's set to Auto by default but you can change it e.g., 36, 40, 44. 48 etc. The highest channel I see is 177. There is also a Mode drop-down so you can adjust the maximum Wi-Fi standard and channel width the radio will use. When I looked for this router, it's defaulted to Up to 2.9GHz which means 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) or 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) features, and Wide channels (e.g., 160 MHz in 5 GHz). If you lower the mode (e.g., “Up to 0.4 Gbps”), the router may limit itself to Wi-Fi 4/5 compatibility, narrower channels, or fewer streams.
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