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 Subject :CHANGING THE MESH CHANNEL.. 2013-01-14- 05:53:28 
WA7RYV
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I have not found a discussion on the topic of changing the channel on an existing MESH node. It would seem that the channel can be changed through Setup and Rebooting the node. I have also seen a requirement to turn the node OFF for a period of time and re-powering the node.

I have followed these steps to change from the Default CH-1 to CH-3 as listed in Setup. The web page updates and shows the selected value but after Reboot it appears to remain on CH-1. I have attempted this process several times.

What am I missing? Is there any special requirement to change the node channel?

I will appreciate any feedback on this question as we are looking at using a channel other than the Default for dedicated directional links.

Thanks and 73,

Dave, WA7RYV
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 Subject :Re:CHANGING THE MESH CHANNEL.. 2013-01-16- 00:53:16 
WA7RYV
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Since may original posting and question, I received some email feedback and completed additional experimentation. I have confirmed the notion that the MESH node scans for HSMM-MESH channel activity during bootup and selects the channel with activity (Beacons) and apparently starts at Ch-1. Although the Setup has another channel assigned the node picks the first one it finds. Experimentation shows that I can force a node to select the assigned channel by defining the nodes on that channel to a different SSID. For example, the default SSID = HSMM-MESH and these nodes work normally and scan for activity on THAT SSID. By changing the SSID for the nodes I wish to assign to Ch-3 (for example) = HSMM-LINK. When the node reboots it finds activity on the channel with the assigned SSID of HSMM-LINK and ignores the default SSID activity. I have confirmed connectivity between the nodes on the assigned channel. I am working on the networking issues to connect nodes on different channels to provide transparent "cross-channel" operations. I will appreciate any feedback on this issue. Thanks for you feedback and 73, Dave, WA7RYV
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