Radio profile for 6E Access Points

[AxL1971]

We are deploying Cisco 9166 AP's that are WiFi6E - I know this is a very open and subjective question but want to see what others have set for the 6Ghz Radio

Power settings, and channel width

[RaphaelL]

I don't have these APs but the first question to ask : In what environnement are you deploying ? Open spaces , low , med , high density ? 

Knowing your end goal would help other to suggest a good and balanced profile

[AxL1971]

open plan office with maximum connections would be 100, and 10 AP's deployed.

Single SSID will not be broadcasted on the 2.4 Ghz spectrum.

All laptops wifi support 6E.

These are settings in the radio profile

5 Ghz

[KarstenI]

If your WLAN design allows it, I would try to go for 40 MHz channels on 5 GHz. With similar power your clients could all end up on 6 GHz and 5GHz would be underutilized.

[jbright]

Also keep in mind that 6Ghz runs in low power mode until you enable AFC, which requires that at least one AP in the network has a GPS USB module that has a valid GPS fix, and only if they are located in the USA or Canada.

Here's a link to the documentation on this:

https://documentation.meraki.com/Wireless/Design_and_Configure/Deployment_Guides/Automatic_Frequency...

[AxL1971]

as I am located in the UK this does not apply to me

[cmr]

In the UK the power levels cannot go very high, see below where I tried to get more power out of this CW9166i, but the limit for this channel and channel width is only 18dBm