My pal and I exploit our MacBooks from an area espresso store sitting on the identical desk. My Wifi connection is far worse than hers is. Utilizing choice + click on on the 🛜 menu, which reveals community info, I see that we’re on completely different channels:
- 108 (5 GHz 80 MHz) works high quality for my pal
- 11 (2.4 GHz 20 MHz) is sluggish 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 help 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 reveals the channel quantity, signifies that it stays at 11. Nonetheless, if I repeat the command with the -z flag, which disconnects the connection, the channel does turn out to be 108, however solely briefly. Once I reconnect to the WiFi, it reverts to channel 11.
Once 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 Trade requested the same 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 pal 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
