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Enabling Wi-Fi Channel 13 on the RPi in Singapore

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Ian Loke
Tech generalist based in Singapore with 10+ years in Industrial Automation, IIoT, OT Security, and Energy. I go deep on the things I’m curious about.

If you are attempting to connect your Raspberry Pi to a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi channel greater than 11 (i.e Channel 12 and Channel 13), there is a chance that the channel is not exposed to you.

WiFi 1

The reason for this is that you might not have configured your RPi’s Wi-Fi Country settings. There is nothing to worry about as it’s merely a configuration issue and the Wi-Fi channels have been hidden from you. To expose the channels, bring up a terminal and following the images below.

raspi-config

WiFi 2
WiFi 3
WiFi 4
WiFi 5
WiFi 6
WiFi 7

Happy hacking!

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