Connecting to NZ 5g WiFi network to repeat MT3000

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Hi I have a MT3000

I’m trying to repeat a 5GHz WiFi network in New Zealand (NZ)

I have gone to LuCi
Network/MTK WiFi

And set 2.4GHz and 5GHz to NZ-New Zealand

But I cannot see all the 5GHz networks I’m expecting to see that out iPhone/mac/PC etc can connect to.

What other settings do I need to change?

The network is using WPA3

I have tried WPA3-PSK and WPA3-PSK/WPA2-PSK

But neither work.

I’m stumped, some help would be appreciated please

I’m on firmware 4.7.0 release 3

Thanks, Dion

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GL.inet travel routers tend to give a different experience with DFS channels, with different releases.
The MT3000 is marked with DFS capability.

My SFT1200 does not have that DFS symbol, but works with DFS in version 4.3.21, not in other versions.

There is a difference in the (limited) channel list for the repeater to scan, and what the travelrouter is able to scan (eg in LUCI).

DFS

When Repeater to a upstream 5G WiFi, the router WiFi will fellow the upstream WiFi to use or not use the DFS channel.

  • If the upstream WiFi uses a DFS channel and is scannable, the router's 5G WiFi will use the same channel.
  • The router's 5G WiFi will switch to the non-DFS channel if the upstream WiFi is not scannable or if the connection fails.
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One WiFi is channel 36 (80MHz) not DFS
The other channel 48 (80MHz) not DFS

Any suggestions?

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I have discovered that theMT3000 can’t see a WPA3 only network. I’ll ask another question

5

Channel 36 (5180MHz) and 48 (5240MHz) (are OK as non-DFS. 80MHz is quite wide and the channel 48 might extend into the DFS range if extending to higher channels, and not to lower channels

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But then not doing WPA3 with the MT3000 is an unpleasant surprise.
WPA3 needs different ciphers to associate than WPA2, but the MT3000 should have them, if the STA interface is not fixed to a specific cipher manually or by previous WPA2 connections (See LUCI)