Q: How do I change channels on the Airport Express?
We are having difficulty accessing out WiFi signal from areas where we couild do so previously. At the same time, there are a lot of WiFi systems that show up on our screen, almost all of them operating on channel one. Our local cable provider has suggested that we change wireless channels.
How do you do that on and Airport Express?
Airport Express, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Posted on May 12, 2013 8:33 AM
Your best bet is to power down the AirPort Express, wait a minute, then power it back up.
This simple reset forces the Express to automatically scan all available channels and select the best available channel to use.
Try that first, before you start to guess at what channel to use. To guess at a channel.....
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort icon, then click Edit
Click the Wireless tab at the top of the screen
Click Wireless Options near the bottom of the window
Change the setting for 2.4 GHz Channel from Automatic to a manual setting that you select
Leave the 5 GHz Channel setting at Automatic
Click Save, then click Update
Posted on May 12, 2013 8:45 AM

