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Reworked Channels / Channel analysis page suggestions #1147
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currently running v2.32.0
contrary to what you might read below, i really like the direction you're going on the Channel analysis page. :-)
Channels / Channel analysis page should only offer APs to choose from
similar dropdown suggestion as recently implemented in the wifi roaming events tab to only include APs.
Button for adhoc scan
i currently have NETPULSE_SCAN_INTERVAL on my APs set to 0 so there shouldn't be any data to draw from for the analysis. i'm not sure if you're using data from multiple scans to derive analysis but if you can add a "Scan" button for an adhoc one-shot scan to gather data from the selected AP that would get me in the door.
if you are using multiple scans to derive analysis maybe changing the button to "Gather data" and have it bounded on a few scans over an articulated period will work for those of us wanting to minimize interval scanning.
Channels / Channel analysis page is optimistic in suggestions without data
related to the above, on my APs netpulse shouldn't have any data gathered with which to make suggestions but it ranks a "BEST SUGGESTED CHANNEL" of channel 1 even though it notes "YOUR CURRENT CHANNEL" of channel 11 scores 100 and has no neighbors. this could be due to lack of data but i would suggest that preferring to keep a current channel setting unless there is enough of a difference to make an appreciable improvement is a better call. changing the channel is a bit disruptive so suggestions for a change shouldn't be taken lightly.
in any case, if there is no data to do the analysis just add a warning indicator and a suggestion to do a one-shot or enable the scanning feature on the agent fleet.
there is a yellow text note of "This radio sees no networks on this band." but that is definitely due to not having any data.
navigation icon similarity
the reworked Channels / Channel Analysis page returned with the same left side navigation panel icon as the WiFi roaming page. i think you had a decent one that was different previously but in any case, using a different icon will help visually.
similarity with WiFi roaming / Channel analysis tab
WiFi roaming / Channel analysis tab name could be changed to "Current channels" to remove ambiguity
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fix(ui): unclipped port tooltips, channels picker and settings layout (…
gnacho commentedon Oct 4, 2026
Partial fix landed in 85aa5f5: the channels nav icon is now radio-tower (roaming keeps its wifi icon), the unit picker only offers APs — managed and external switches are excluded unless they report real WiFi bands — and the roaming survey tab is renamed "Current channels".
Still open from this issue: the adhoc scan button (the SCAN_INTERVAL=0 case) and keeping the current channel unless there is an appreciable improvement, since retuning is disruptive. I'll follow up on those separately.
gnacho commentedon Oct 4, 2026
Thanks for the detailed breakdown, and glad the direction works for you.
The plan here is not to patch the two pages separately but to unify Channels and the WiFi roaming / Channel analysis tab into one coherent view, using the Channels page as the model (it is the newer code), and rename the tab to "Current channels" as you suggest. The concrete items you list (AP-only dropdown, a different nav icon, an adhoc scan button for fleets running NETPULSE_SCAN_INTERVAL=0, and conservative suggestions that prefer the current channel when there is not enough data) all fold into that unification.
Targeting the next release for this one.
crowedavid commentedon Oct 4, 2026
sounnds good. the unification definitely makes sense. i was going to suggest more changes on the roaming side until i saw you were already doing it on the analysis side. 👍
crowedavid commentedon Oct 5, 2026
quick feedback from 85aa5f5 related to this issue:
planned unification fixes may easily ignore my current pedantry. :-)