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Lurker501
Feb 08, 2024Aspirant
EX6120 WiFi extender works on 5Ghz, but 2.4 will not allow anything to connect.
This has been working for a while, but now for some reason, the 2.4GHz band will not allow anything to connect to it. I have checked the settings and everything is the same. I even reset the whole ...
Lurker501
Feb 10, 2024Aspirant
Did you see the attached picture? That is a screenshot of my setup/status screen. I did go through the steps in the video. I did this over a year ago when it worked. Now all of a sudden the 2.4 is not working correctly.
I've tried resetting it multiple times and went through those steps. The only difference now is that I am using an ASUS RT-AX88U Pro router. I had a D-Link router when I originally purchased this Netgear extender, but for some reason its not working with the 2.4 GHz band.
Is there some quirk of Netgear's extenders that do not like working with an ASUS router?
plemans
Feb 10, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Are you using wpa2 or wpa2 on the Asus router.
- Lurker501Feb 11, 2024Aspirant
WPA-Personal with AES Encryption
- plemansFeb 11, 2024Guru - Experienced User
sorry, I meant wpa2 or wpa3. Was typing on my phone and didn't see the 2x 2's.
You shouldn't be using wpa as its long been compromised.
- Lurker501Feb 12, 2024Aspirant
Sorry, it's WPA2 not WPA
also, just because its compromised doesn't mean it shouldnt work.
Either way, its WPA2