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kiddycone
Sep 07, 2026Aspirant
RAXE500 2.4 band doesn't work at all, only 5G.
I've tried changing the channels; there are no new devices or even neighborhood networks that I can tell. For devices that can use 5G, the devices use that. For ones that can't, such as the print...
FrumpyGrandpa
Sep 07, 2026Guide
Assuming that this RAXE500 worked correctly before, but now it no longer broadcasts a 2.4G WiFi network?
(if it never broadcasted a 2.4G WiFi, then return it.)
Page 78 of the User Manual describes how to turn the WiFi radios on and off:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RAXE500/RAXE450_RAXE500_UM_EN.pdf
Have you double checked that no one pressed the button by accident and turned off the 2.4G radio?