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Volden
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Jan 05, 2020
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EX7000 AccessPoint extended by EX8000 wifi range extender - 5ghz not connecting anymore

I have an EX7000 connected to my router acting as an access point: Hardware Version EX7000 Firmware Version V1.0.1.84_1.0.148   I'm extending this with an Nighthawk X6S Tri-Band Mesh Extender: H...
  • Volden's avatar
    Jan 08, 2020

    For some reason the 2.4Ghz wifi with the same SID on my ISP router had been renabled. I suspect my problem was that the extender connected to this wifi instead of the intended one, and probably figured out that there's no 5GHz wifi on the same router.

     

    After disabling it again the extender connected to 5GHz again. Hope no one else experiences the same stupid mistake, but I'm putting my experience out here just in case :)