AWDL Channel for 6 Ghz

The general Problem is documented here: AWDL causing wifi latency - Apple Community


I'm using Moonlight to Stream Content from my PC to my iPhone. If I'm not on the same channel as the AWDL protocol (Channel 6 for 2.4 Ghz, Channel 44 (EU) or 149 (US) for 5 Ghz) then I get rhythmic latency spikes, which happen if my home network uses another channel for either of those bands. The iPhone jumps between channel 44 for example and whatever channel my home network is using to scan for AirPlay or similar devices.


These latency spikes are noticeable as Audio / Video interrupts in whatever content is being stream. This can be fixed by setting your home Wifis channel to the same channel Apple specifies for their AWDL protocol.


Now since I own an iPhone 15 Pro and a 6E capable AP I want to use the capabilities of the new 6 Ghz band. Problem is the Channel Apple used for their AWDL protocol for the 6 Ghz band is unknown, making it impossible to use and basically rendering the feature used, since Streaming Content at high speeds is exactly the point of 6 Ghz Wifi.


I would like to know which Channel is used for AWDL on the 6 Ghz band, since this problem generally doesn't seem likely to be fixed anytime soon judging from forum posts that can be found about this from as far back as 10 years ago.


Also this Problem does not show up, for me at least, with older devices such as the AppleTV 4k 2022 or iPad Pro M1 regardless for Wifi Band and Channel used. This somewhat seems to only be a Problem in newer devices such as the iPhone 15 Pro's Wifi card or Apple Vision Pro as per multiple reports for Moonlights Github or other Forums.



AWDL causing ping spikes - Patch planned?… - Apple Community


On Mac people fixed this issue by disabling AWDL entirely but this will lose you features like AirPlay.


This topic was also recently discussed in a talk from APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) on YouTube


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iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 7:04 AM

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Sep 16, 2024 7:45 AM in response to leucht_

Sadly most references have been removed citing inappropriate use of links. Since I posted the same articles as referenced by the first link provided, I kinda don't understand why but either way I respect the decision. It might have been cause of a broken link in my original post, where I accidentally jumbled two links together by missing a space but either way. If your are interested, please look up the issue yourself. You should be able to find them quite easily if you look at Moonlights Github or similar links from the Articles that did remain in my thread.


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