Automatic WiFi Channel selection, channel range problems

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This issue has been created with Linux Wifi Hotspot 4.7.2, on Debian 12 with Xorg/X11 based GNOME 43.9
I have modified the .desktop to execute as sudo and open a terminal for logs.

1. Automatic Channel Selection Issues
When I select a frequency, it automatically tries to assign a channel. This works well with 2.4GHz, opening the Hotspot on channel 1. But on 5GHz, it attempts channel 36, which is not supported in every country. This results in the chip reporting back that it cannot be done.
ERROR: Your adapter can not transmit to channel 36, frequency band 5GHz.

A suggestion for a solution: You could make the program check in iw list (root as per sudo) if the entered channel / automatically selected channel is free to use or disabled, no IR or radar detection, to find a working channel and get it running.

2. Limited Channel Range in 2.4GHz Range (and missing front limit in 5GHz)
Your program only allows channels 1-11 to be set, but technically it works with 1-14 (14 only in japan tho, but it exists) and some countries use them, some countries restrict a few.
Additionally, when entering values while having 5GHz toggled, the upper limit is correctly set to the 5.9GHz range maximum, but the bottom limit is said to be 1, while, as automatic attempts seem to know, it begins with 36 (actually 32) instead of 1.

[Wildzekat]

This will get, after some thought, it's own feature request.

Oh, and I also noticed, while this might not be too imminent, that the new WiFi 7 addition of being able to broadcast to the 6GHz range is not introduced in this program. As said, not very imminent, since this addition from 2017 isnt even broadly adapted among devices and implementation of this probably can wait some time.

[Wildzekat]

Please do NOT automatically select radar detection channels, unless you implement automatic channel switching along that (though, most of them are set to no IR anyways)
Just want to have said that