Behringer XR18: Setting Wi-Fi Channel with X-Air App FIRST!

UPDATE: This video is 5 years old now and outdated. Everyone is in agreement that the built-in router of the XR18 is unreliable. BUY an External Dual Band Router and SAVE yourself a ton of headaches! Wi-Fi channel be damned. Good luck!

Rule #1 before you start setting up a mix with the Behringer XR18. Scan the room for the best Wi-Fi channel in the venue room. (See the Previous Video for that tutorial), THEN - Very imporant - set your WI-FI channel first before loading any saved mixes (snapshots) on your X-Air app. With the current version of the X-Air app (1.41) - you will be locked out of changing the Wi-Fi channel after you load a mix (snapshot).

[ynotw]

Thanks for this video. I had connectivity problems during a show and my iPad was rendered useless as channel 1 was congested by about 30+ wifi users all at once, and I couldn't connect for 6 of the 7 hours we played. Now it won't happen again. :)

[zakkabitzprofessionalmusic]

Hey Dragon, thanks for all the excellent videos-really helped me a lot with my x18!  Keep them coming!!  Subscribed/recommended!!!

[sentientfootwear]

Thanks Dragonb - I hear ya about the external router. For the record, the issue you mention about not being able to change channel after loading a snapshot doesn't seem to happen for me using X-Air on a Macbook Pro, so maybe it's just an issue with the iPad app.

[antharesvega]

Hi, thanx for your video. My Ipad is under V.16 so is ok. When I start X air on my IPad, it doesn’t scan wifi. All is ok with my PC and I use Router plugged in Ethernet. If I use acces point, this is the same problem. Can you help me. Bertrand from France.

[rogerclemens]

Great stuff. Thank you and thank you for making me laugh right out loud.

[TheEnd-vnrb]

Great video! One question. How do you scan the room for the best channel?

[ognjenristic]

what model is ipad that you use, i have x18 behringer and im searching for best ipad based on price to performance

[ojasray]

Hello - I was hoping you can show me or explain how I can link specific channel faders on my main channel to my BUS faders. So for example if I lower MAIN channel 17 - it also lowers the fader on BUS 1 channel 17.

[hubertdohr]

Hi, are you sure the channel is realy changed? try a scanner the ipad app is not able to change the channel if you restad its allways on the old setting

[mermaidfeetxoxo_music]

How did you find out what channel (1-11) was the best in your house? You mentioned the word Scan your venue but how did you do that?

[MarioBruneau]

Hey dragonb, how do you evaluate the best WiFi channel to use? Where do you see that when changing the channels from 1 up to 11 which one is the best?

[SEELEYJP]

hey happens if the tablet software crashes during a set

[lazloaluisa]

Is that an Apple Tablet or Android? And which version of the app are you using? Because the one I have for an android doesn't look as detailed as yours. Thanks.

[keyjay]

how do u go about scan a venue ....what do u use

[mattpalmer]

i had connectivity issues using 5ghz external router. can i change the wifi channel for the external router as you showed with the internal router here?

[cleverson.rizinesk]

Existe opção para celular iPhone eu uso um modelo XR, eu só encontrei um app (MX-Q) que faz controle dos auxiliares, mas não consegui algo que eu possa pelo menos ativar a mesa/cena sem precisar do notebook.
Sabe indicar alguma solução?

[michaelgiovanetti]

What are you using to scan the room for the Wi-Fi channel

[ludwigb]

How you put the channel 7 together, how you put this icon

[Dannyd]

How do connect to my home network using Wi-Fi client on my x air app

[mikefesta]

how did u get channel 7-8 like that ? thanks