From a4760320d76d32f157d46c0625f2a0328d21a71f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Weinelt <martin@darmstadt.freifunk.net>
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 = {
--
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