Using WZR-1166DHP-EU in the US

[hexacore]

I recently moved from the EU to the US and brought my Buffalo WZR-1166DHP-EU router. I know that there are WiFi rules which are different in US and EU. Unfortunately this router doesn't have a region or country setting.

Does anybody know if i can setup the router to correctly use it in the US? Or is there maybe another firmware?

[davo]

It should work fine. The only issue might be the PSU, EU uses 220 volts while US uses 110 so check the specs of the PSU

[Texturtle]

The only thing you need to keep in mind, other than the AC adapter, is that only channels 1-11 are allowed for use on 2.4 GHz networks in the US. Most countries allow 1-14. Any US devices won't be able to use channels 12-14.

[hexacore]

Thanks, sounds godd. Are there any channels for 5GHz i am not allowed to use?

[Texturtle]

I don't believe so but I'm not certain.

[Texturtle]

I stand corrected. Check this page for a full rundown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

[hexacore]

Ok, so I found out, that my router actually only uses channels which are allowed in the US. Thats good so far. But I got another problem:

I turned on 5GHz but I could not find the network on any wifi device. Then I changed the channels settings in the router from "Auto all" to one fixed channel nr 48 and then all devices found the network.

Any idea why this is happening? I guess using only that one channel wont work too stable?