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Jim_Albani's avatar
May 05, 2020
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2.4Ghz Guest Network SSID Key

I migrated from a Linksys EA9500 to Netgears Nighthawk XR500 Pro gaming router so I'm a bit new with it, It seems fairly straight forward but what I'm having trouble with is setting a 2.4Ghz Band Gue...
  • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
    May 05, 2020
    It sounds like you have Smart Connect enabled which makes one SSID and devices use both 2.4/5GHz depending on their needs and will switch automatically. If you want separate then just disable Smart Connect and you can set a different password just for 2.4GHz.