How to change Wireless channel in Linksys Wireless Router

In my last post I gave one troubleshooting step , change the wireless channel of the wireless router. Today when I open my inbox there are many feed backs from my readers saying "you have forgot to mention how to change the wireless channel of a router". I gave the steps to change wireless channel in many of my posts as a part of various wireless tweaks. Here I am writing clear steps to change the wireless channel of a wireless router. I am writing the steps based on Linksys wireless router and please note that in most of the wireless routers you can follow the same steps with small differences. Though I am explaining the steps based on Linksys router, I am not providing any screen shots. It is because the steps are for general troubleshooting.


In order to change the wireless channel of a wireless router we need to remember the common wireless channels which works fine. The working wireless channels for your wireless router are

* Wireless Channel 1
* Wireless Channel 6
* Wireless Channel 11

All other wireless channels are useless due to wireless overlapping.

How to change the wireless channel of a wireless router

The steps to change the wireless channel of a wireless router are:

1. Log on to your Wireless router

Type the router IP address on the address bar of your web browser and press enter.
For linksys router it is 192.168.1.1

The the router will ask you for user name and password to log on to it. For brand new linksys router there is no user name and the password is "admin".


2. Go to Wireless tab

Click on wireless tab and look for basic wireless settings. You can see the wireless channel there. You can change the current wireless channel with allowed wireless channels ( channel 1 ,6 or 11)


3. Save settings and log off the wireless router.


Now you have successfully changed the wireless channel of your wireless router.

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