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ssi112
Aspirant
Dec 17, 2018
Solved

Can no longer connect to 5G network after firmware upgrade

I upgraded my Nighthawk X6 AC3200 to the latest firmware version: V1.0.4.28_10.1.54 Now I can no longer connect to my 5GEXT network. My laptop doesn't even show the network any longer. On m...
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  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Dec 19, 2018

    Have you tried to disable smart connect and rename the 5ghz network and see if the network shows back up?

     

    DarrenM

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Dec 19, 2018

Have you tried to disable smart connect and rename the 5ghz network and see if the network shows back up?

 

DarrenM

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    ssi112
    Aspirant
    Dec 23, 2018

    It took a couple of reboots of the extender, but renaming the networks appears to have worked.

    Thanks