Change wifi channels on SkyTrak?

[rkurver]

Tried to install a SkyTrak in a warehouse/barn but it failed to connect via wifi. Even in direct mode. Outside the building everything was oke, but inside it wasn't.. After a lot of trying and investigation we noticed an other strong wifi signal was the cause.

Can I change the wifi channel (e.g. from 1 to 6 or 11) on the SkyTrak wifi adapter?
The SkyTrak wifi adapter only supports 2.4GHz? Or also 5 Ghz frequency?

[wbond]

only 2.4ghz

[rkurver]

Thx wbond!

Somebody knows if you can change the wifi channel (e.g. from 1 to 6 or 11) on the SkyTrak wifi adapter?

[Mark72]

rkurver - If you are using a PC and not iPad, below is a lengthy post from a while back that should fix your problem. It will cost you a $25 USB wifi adapter that you plug into your PC. Your Skytrak will connect to that adapter via wifi instead of your weaker signal from the router in your house. In short, this solution has you set up a second wifi on your PC (using a USB wifi adapter) that you connect to your SkyTrak. Once you have installed it, going forward, when you click on your wifi icon at the bottom right of your windows screen, you will see a drop down at the top of the list that lets you select between your normal "wifi" and "wifi 2". Clicking on either one will show the list of the wifi signals available to the selected wifi. You turn on your SkyTrak, then click the wifi icon at the bottom right of your Windows screen and selected "wifi 2" at the top. When a list of wifi signals appears, select SkyTrak once it appears. Before or after this, if not already connected to the web via ethernet, jump over to select your normal "wifi" and connect to your normal internal network; this will give you internet access while using SkyTrak. Before doing this the first time, you might want to do a hard reset of your SkyTrak to forget your previous wifi settings (by inserting a paper clip in the hole on the bottom of your skytrak - make sure it is on and you see three yellow lights).

Here is the post....

Fix: PC currently has wifi. Bought another usb wifi for $25. Plugged in pc, installed drivers. Attached the skytrak wireless ssid to my 2nd wifi and it worked. Internet then didn't work - so I could play skytrak driving range, but not perfect golf or surf the web. Opened 'Network and Sharing Center'. 'Change adapter Settings'. For the adapter that was connected to skytrak, right click and select 'properties'. Uncheck 'IPv6', select 'IPv4' and click 'properties'

[on my PC, both IPv6 and IPv4 had already been marked as selected. After I unchecked IPV6, the "Properties" button was grayed out. It became usable if I unchecked and then rechecked IPV4].

Click 'advanced'. uncheck 'automatic metric' and put in the number two (2). Save your way out. Do the same for the other adapter [the entire process], but put in ' metric' of one (1).

What this does is tell your computer that when in doubt - use your internet connection (metric 1). the skytrak connection will always talk directly to the pc.

[rkurver]

Thanks Mark72!