topic Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router? in Arlo Pro

Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router?

ant — Sun, 10 May 2020 20:09:12 GMT

According to NetSpot's mac OS app, mine (original Arlo and Arlo 2 Pro) are. Base stations keep using the same channel as my Netgear R6300 v1 router's channel after I manually change it.

Is there a way to force my Arlo base stations not to use the same channels to avoid interferences?

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. 🙂

Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router?

ant — Sun, 10 May 2020 20:08:37 GMT

According to NetSpot's mac OS app, mine (original Arlo and Arlo 2 Pro) are. Base stations keep using the same channel as my Netgear R6300 v1 router's channel after I manually change it.

Is there a way to force my Arlo base stations not to use the same channels to avoid interferences? 😞

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. 🙂

Re: Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router?

michaelkenward — Mon, 11 May 2020 13:23:37 GMT

Start here:

How to change the Arlo Base Wifi Channel

Re: Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router?

jguerdat — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:06:02 GMT

There are workarounds to keep this from happening but any reboot will cause the systems to lock channels again. The only ways to keep them separate are to use a long enough Ethernet cable so the base and router are separated by many (20-ish) feet or to use a powerline extender. However, this usually isn't necessary - the actual science described by those who design these things is that using the same channel when the devices are close to each other actually reduces interference. I can't explain it but you may be able to Google some terms to find articles that describe this.

Regardless of the science, the easiest thing to do is to test. Set things up with the base close to the router and see if you have issues with connectivity/video quality/etc. If so, move the base away from the router and test again.

Re: Are your Arlo base stations using the same wireless channel as your wireless router?

jguerdat — Mon, 11 May 2020 14:12:28 GMT

I just answered this in the original wireless camera forum. Please don't multi-post.