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braddman
Jul 25, 2021Star
C7800 - Cannot connect to 2.4Ghz anymore.
Firmware Version V6.01.07 So this is super annoying. I cannot connect to the 2.4ghz wifi anymore with my phone. 5ghz works fine. A lot of devices are still connected to 2.4 but I just canno...
plemans
Aug 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Try changing it to something with no spaces.
Avoid spaces/special characters in the password as well
braddman
Aug 01, 2021Star
I think I figured out what's happening. I found in another thread that Netgear gives no fs about bugs. Apparently you can't connect more than 20 devices to 2.4 and this starts happening and they never fixed it. I connected a few of my smart home devices to my wifi extender instead and I'm able to connect now. It utterly blows my mind that this has not been fixed.