Configuring UNII-4 5GHz radio bands
FortiAP G-series models operating in Single 5G mode can make use of the UNII-4 frequency band. The 5.85 GHz-5.925 GHz channels of "169", "173", and "177" become available when configuring the 5GHz radio.
There are a few important points to note about UNII-4 band usage:
- UNII-4 5GHz channels are not available when operating in Dual 5G platform mode.
- Not all countries allow UNII-4 band usage.
- For APs operating in Single 5G platform mode, note the following behavior changes based on Dedicated scan:
When Dedicated scan is enabled, UNII-4 5 GHz channels are available by default. Radio 3 does not work in AP mode and Radio 2 can utilize all UNII-4 5GHz channels.
When Dedicated scan is disabled, you are given an option to enable or disable UNII-4 5GHz.
By default, FortiAP G-series models support UNII-4 5GHz channels when operating in Single 5G mode with Dedicated scan enabled; there is no need to configure anything. You can immediately select channels "169", "173", and "177" when configuring the 5GHz radio.
To configure UNII-4 5GHz band channels when the FortiAP is running in Single 5G mode with Dedicated scan disabled - GUI:
- From the FortiGate GUI, navigate to WiFi & Switch Controller > FortiAP Profiles.
- Select if you want to create a new profile or edit an existing FAP-43xG profile.
- Set the Platform mode to Single 5G.
- Disable Dedicated scan.
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Enable UNII-4 5GHz band channels.
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Go to Radio 2 and click Set Channels and select which channels you want to use.
In the Set Channels window, you can see new channels "169", "173", and "177" under the UNII-4 category.
Note: Enabling UNII-4 5GHz band channels will cause the UNII-5 and UNII-6 Channels to be disabled on Radio 3.
To configure UNII-4 5GHz band channels when the FortiAP is running in Single 5G mode with Dedicated scan disabled - CLI:
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When
DDSCAN
is disabled, you can configure the newset unii-4-5ghz-band
command in FAP-431G or FAP-433G wtp-profiles.config wireless-controller wtp-profile edit FAP_G config platform set 431G end set unii-4-5ghz-band ? enable Enable UNII-4 5Ghz band channels. disable Disable UNII-4 5Ghz band channels.
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When you select enable, the following notification shows:
set unii-4-5ghz-band enable Enabling UNII-4 will reset radio-3 channel lists, UNII-5 and UNII-6 channels will be unavailable Do you want to continue? (y/n)
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Enter
y
to continue. The UNII-4 5Ghz channels become available underradio-2
.config radio-2 set channel *wireless_channel <36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177>
Note: Enabling UNII-4 5GHz band channels will cause the UNII-5 and UNII-6 Channels to be disabled on radio-3.