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Disable Nighthawk x4 ac2200 connection to router over 5ghz
Good morning.
Nighthawk x4 ex7300 range extender ac2200.
How do i disable the 5ghz connection from router to extender in the extender's settings?
Under "do more > FastLane" I can 2.4 the router to extender but then it has to be 5ghz out from there. I want 2.4 and 2.4.
During smart setup I unticked the option to extend the 5ghz network but the next page or 2 it still asked for authentication type and password for that frequency.
Reason I'm asking is extender works fine when connecting to router on 2.4 but the router has a feature where it determines which frequency is best for the connecting device and pushes the router onto that one. The extender is too far for the 5 network.
Previously I disabled that ability in the router but it's a clients router and I don't want to keep bugging them each time they reset or mess up their settings.
Nighthawk x4 ex7300 range extender ac2200.
How do i disable the 5ghz connection from router to extender in the extender's settings?
Under "do more > FastLane" I can 2.4 the router to extender but then it has to be 5ghz out from there. I want 2.4 and 2.4.
During smart setup I unticked the option to extend the 5ghz network but the next page or 2 it still asked for authentication type and password for that frequency.
Reason I'm asking is extender works fine when connecting to router on 2.4 but the router has a feature where it determines which frequency is best for the connecting device and pushes the router onto that one. The extender is too far for the 5 network.
Previously I disabled that ability in the router but it's a clients router and I don't want to keep bugging them each time they reset or mess up their settings.
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Hi TheResoluteMind,
Run the smart wizard again and uncheck 5GHz while you choose your existing network that way it'll connect to 2.4GHz of your main network, but not the 5GHz.
