Wi-Fi Country code IL isnt updated since 2019 - causing macbooks not to hear above channel 64 in 5GHz

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Wi-Fi Country code IL isnt updated since 2019 - causing macbooks not to hear above channel 64 in 5GHz

Wi-Fi Country code IL isnt updated since 2019 - causing macbooks to be unusable when the Wi-Fi driver changing the country code to IL , the device cant see channels above 64. . .

When rebooting the macbook all channels are back until once agian it's getting country code IL (you can see it in the system info)

anyone in Apple willing to change it? the israeli MoC laws were updated in 2019 .. we are in 2023... all 5GHz are supported indoor... ax and true benfeit of the 5GHz channel is the high number of channels.

Apple please fix it.

BTW: it's occuering also in older MacBooks / macOS's , the country code IL contain wrong info about the Israeli MoC law - that allowing all 5GHz channels

MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)

Posted on Jun 22, 2023 05:06 AM

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28wwvy4

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May 2, 2024 07:48 AM in response to 2Plus_CTO_AsaBirenbaum

Same issue for me.

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Answer 2

Jun 22, 2023 05:38 AM in response to 2Plus_CTO_AsaBirenbaum

Here is the same mac after 1-2 minutes upon booting:

now he can see channels in 5GHz up to 64...causing it to be useless in enteprise envrioment using higher channels for better user connectivity.

Here is the allowed channels in israel.. for almost 4 years:

Apple - please update the driver based on the current laws... it will make almost every Israeli Apple coustmer happy

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Answer 3

Jun 27, 2023 06:07 AM in response to 2Plus_CTO_AsaBirenbaum

We are suffering from it as well. 5G wifi ch. over 64 cannot be used with any apple device.

the ch. allowed for use in Israel are 32 to 173.

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OranKo

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Jul 3, 2023 11:35 PM in response to 2Plus_CTO_AsaBirenbaum

we have the same issue

we manage more than 500 Mac's and we don't see more than channel 64

please advise

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Answer 5

Jun 27, 2023 07:18 AM in response to 2Plus_CTO_AsaBirenbaum

Our company, 150+ mac devices in office, is suffering from connection struggles to the channels above 64 when the Network card changes to Country Code IL and that turns all our Macbook devices to useless when using wifi

MacBooks in IL country code unable to hear / see channels above channel 64.

Apple, please do something about it.

Our company can't keep on working like this.

We need a solution, now!

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