WiFi Channel 13 not possible on RasPi 3, regional settings doesn't help

lastNick · October 14, 2017 at 8:07 PM

I run LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0.2.img on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. My local WiFi uses channel 13 (I am in Germany). Even when I change the regional settings according to my country only other wireless networks on channels <12 appear.

Additional information:

Full hardware specs: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
The LibreELEC version you are running ('latest' is not a version number): 8.0.2
Tell us the complete steps how to face the issue, so we can try to reproduce: Tried to connect to a wireless network that uses channel 13.

With kind regards

**chewitt** · October 14, 2017 at 9:20 PM Official Post

Code

echo "options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=DE" > /storage/.config/cfg80211.conf
reboot

^ that's required to see channels 12 and 13

lastNick · October 15, 2017 at 1:04 PM

Quote from chewitt
Code
echo "options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=DE" > /storage/.config/cfg80211.conf
reboot
^ that's required to see channels 12 and 13

This is a work around for this bug but no fix. The intended behavior of LibreELEC should be taking regional settings into account for the WiFi.

**chewitt** · October 15, 2017 at 10:28 PM Official Post

Feel free to email and tell broadcom to write their drivers to auto-detect regulatory domain during SSID association.