diff --git a/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/README.md b/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/README.md
index 27c05a0..4fbcf30 100644
--- a/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/README.md
+++ b/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/README.md
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
 ## Configuration
 
 - `WIRED_IF`: the name of the wired ethernet interface on the autokit, that is connected to the DUT - with the intent of sharing the autokit ethernet over this interface
-- `WIFI_IF`: the name of the wifi interface on the autokit that will be used to create a wifi access point
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+- `WIFI_IF`: the name of the wifi interface on the autokit that will be used to create a wifi access point
+- `WIFI_AP_CHANNEL`: Some host devices don't like setting up an access point on channel > 11 - in this case, this variable can be used to speificy an integer value between 1 and 11, that the host will then use to set up the access point. If there are no issues, don't set this so networkManager automatically selects the best channel
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diff --git a/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/networkManager.ts b/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/networkManager.ts
index 28ced3a..511aa21 100644
--- a/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/networkManager.ts
+++ b/lib/features/network/implementations/linux-device/networkManager.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class NetworkManager {
 			'802-11-wireless': {
 				mode: new dbus.Variant('s', 'ap'),
 				ssid: new dbus.Variant('ay', NetworkManager.stringToArrayOfBytes(ssid)),
+				band: new dbus.Variant('s', 'bg'),
+				...(process.env.WIFI_AP_CHANNEL && {channel: new dbus.Variant('u', Number(process.env.WIFI_AP_CHANNEL))}) 
 			},
 			'802-11-wireless-security': {
 				'key-mgmt': new dbus.Variant('s', 'wpa-psk'),