From a4760320d76d32f157d46c0625f2a0328d21a71f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Weinelt Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:02:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: reference weather radar map for europe for outdoor_chanlist The map is generated from EUMETNET data, it's source code can be found at https://gitlab.com/aaaaalbert/wxr-channel-map. --- docs/user/site.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/user/site.rst b/docs/user/site.rst index 11004f3b..408cf455 100644 --- a/docs/user/site.rst +++ b/docs/user/site.rst @@ -183,11 +183,17 @@ wifi5 \: optional channels and channel ranges, separated by a hyphen. When set this offers the outdoor mode flag for 5 GHz radios in the config mode which reconfigures the AP to select its channel from outdoor chanlist, while respecting - regulatory specifications, and disables mesh on that radio. + regulatory specifications, and disables mesh on that radio. The ``outdoors`` option in turn allows to configure when outdoor mode will be enabled. When set to ``true`` all 5 GHz radios will use outdoor channels, while on ``false`` the outdoor mode will be completely disabled. The default setting is ``'preset'``, which will enable outdoor mode automatically on outdoor-capable devices. + + It can be beneficial to look up the WLAN channels that are used by `weather radars`_ + when constructing ``outdoor_chanlist`` to try and minimize the impact of DFS events. + + .. _weather radars: https://homepage.univie.ac.at/albert.rafetseder/RADARs/help.html + :: wifi5 = {