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diego_ng
Jan 03, 2021Aspirant
C7800 not saving 5GHz Guest Network settings
Firmware 3.01.43 genie 3.1.78 I just noticed I cannot change the 5GHz guest network password or any of the 5GHz guest network settings. Haven't tried changing regular settings because I wonder if...
FURRYe38
Jan 04, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Try a factory rest when you have time and not at work. Setup from scratch.
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diego_ng
Jan 04, 2021Aspirant
Yeah, I'm tempted to try but with all the WFH it would be terrible if I lose connectivy (I'm a Software Engineer in one of the huge companies :-)). Also, my setup in the router has a lot of manual things (reserved IP addresses / port forwarding / other tweaks, so it would take me some time to manually restore everything :-().
- FURRYe38Jan 04, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Do a backup configuration to file before doing the reset.
- diego_ngJan 04, 2021Aspirant
I do have a backup, but sadly restoring from a backup could restore the bug. Also, the other sad thing is that Netgear .cfg backups seem encrypted (meaning that I have to manually back up the settings as well just in case, would be so much nicer if it was just a plain text file). Do you happen to know how to read the .cfg file ? I was searching but it seems that is encrypted with a key inside the router.