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General discussion • Pi 4/5 won't connect to Android hotspot at 5Ghz

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I have been trying to get my Pi 4 and 5 running bookworm to connect to my Android hotspot at 5ghz (Google Pixel 8 Pro). My Windows laptop connects at 5Ghz and the network properties for the connection show: Network band (channel) 5GHz 161
On the Pi iwlist channel shows available channels up to 124 (here are the last few lines of the output:

Channel 116 : 5.58 GHz
Channel 120 : 5.6 GHz
Channel 124 : 5.62 GHz
Current Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)

I have tried setting the local to another country eg Canada: sudo iw reg set CA but even though iwlist channel shows 161 as available I can't connect to it at all and the network list on the desktop top panel doesn't show the hotspot as a 5g connection. And iwlist channel then reverts back to channels up to 140.
I have been trying to work out what is wrong. It seems to me that I have limited options with the Android Hostspot. I'm not even sure that channel 161 is legal in the UK so I don't know why my phone is using that channel. Unless I have misunderstood what is happening.
Can anyone help me resolve this?

Statistics: Posted by jimseng — Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:20 pm



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