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"This network is operating on Wi-Fi channels in use by several other networks" problem/solution

I returned from a trip and now I can’t connect to my home WiFi 5G Netgear system. Someone posted a solution as turning off location services and logging on and then turning location services back on. Well, that didn’t work.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 17

Posted on Aug 5, 2024 12:15 PM

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Aug 5, 2024 1:00 PM in response to BT11.11

Check your router manual; it should have a way to search for the least used channel. Usually just turning it off for a few seconds will start a search, as IdrisSeabright suggested.


Wi-Fi can support multiple users on the same channel because it is a frequency hopping protocol, so a bunch of users, each using different random frequency changes, can share the same bandwidth (technology invented and patented by the actress Hedy Lamar, who was an engineer before becoming a performer).

"This network is operating on Wi-Fi channels in use by several other networks" problem/solution

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