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R6700 5G Connection Is Missing
My R6700 has always put out a 2G and 5G wifi connection until yesterday. 5G is no longer appearing in the list of available networks on any devices that had previously been connected to it. I updated...
Bought another router from another company with 2 years of technical support for almost half the price and better performance than the R6700. I have a 5G connection again with this new router.
Thank you for absolutely nothing Netgear, aside from encouraging me to explore other router manufacturers.
I don't suppose you have smart connect enabled?
It combines the 2.4ghz and 5ghz ssid into one broadcast. So you don't "see" the other wireless channel. It steers devices between the 2 bands as needed.
I don't see this option, where does it live?
My bad. I thought the R6700v3 had the option. it doesn't. My bad.
Does your status page show it online?
Did the ssid broadcast get disabled?
Or the 5ghz radio get disabled?
Status shows the 5G channel is online.
SSID broadcast is enabled.
Radio is enabled.
have you checked with a a different device? maybe its a device specific issue?
Have you used a wireless scanner like inssider or acrylic to check the broadcast?
Have you tried renaming the 5ghz connection?