6GHz Detected Channel utilisation - Values don't correlate

[DevOps_RC]

Just wondering if anyone is experiencing the same as myself in relation to the channel utilization on the 6GHz range. A lot of my APs are showing high channel utilisation in the 6GHz range in the graph view, but in the view for the channel that the radio is using itself, it's showing 0% generally, occasionally 1%...But as can be seen from the screenshot, the graph seems to indicate 20%+. This seems to be the case on most of my APs, that the two values don't just not match, but aren't even close.

[rhbirkelund]

Since 6 GHz usage has barely scratched the surface, I'd argue that this is something cosmetic.

Do you have many 6 GHz clients? Or even serve 6 GHz SSIDs?

[cmr]

Looks okay here:

[DevOps_RC]

We have very few 6GHz clients, currently one SSID (WPA3 OWE) for public access. We are also testing WPA3 802.1X for migrating our windows clients over, but only a handful of devices which would support the 6GHz range, what I can't figure out is what is causing high utilisation on the 6GHz for a lot of our APs. Starting to think it's a bug on the graph...hoping its a bug 🙂

[cmr]

Mind you, the AP seems to be interfering with itself on a strangely different yet similar MAC address:

The AP is nowhere near another, so it is definitely itself!

[DevOps_RC]

What you are detecting, could that be anything to do with the mesh network, or attempting to create a mesh network on the 6GHz?

[cmr]

I guess it could be, that could explain the similar but different MAC...

[NolanHerring]

So I can't imagine there actually being any real 6GHz usage around you, so I would suspect cosmetic bug. The spectrum and channel utilization is nice but it has a history of being unreliable.

https://nolanwifi.com/2017/02/02/meraki-rf-falsehoods/

As for the MAC, I don't see 6GHz mentioned on this document, but I suspect its MESH

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Wi-Fi_Basics_and_Best_Practices/Calculating_Cisco_Meraki_BSSID_M...