Techniques are provided for selecting channels for use by access points operating in a
wireless local area network. Metrics are computed for at least one set of radio frequency
(RF) channels, wherein the set of RF channels comprises at least two RF channels in a
frequency band that are available for use by a wireless network for a wider bandwidth mode
that combines bandwidth of two or more RF channels. Alignment of individual primary and
secondary RF channels is determined in the set of RF channels for operation of at least first …