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R7000 wifi trouble
I have a weird wifi issue with my Nighthawk. I have some devices (printer, etc) which I can only get to connect to my guest wifi. I enabled both 2.5GHz and 5GHz in different configurations, but I see...
What are the Wi-Fi settings (SSID broadcast, security mode, speed mode, channel) on the router?
Can these devices see the Wi-Fi network? Are you prompted to enter the password when they try to join the network?
Do you have MAC address access control enabled on the router?
SSID broadcast is enabled, security mode is WPA2-PSK, speed mode I tried them all, channel set to auto.
The devices see the network, I get prompted for the password, but they are unable to connect. The connect fine to the gues one though.
I don't have MAC address access control.
Try switching the channel from auto to a fixed number.
Try using WPA-PSK or WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK security.
If the password has special characters, then try a simpler password (i.e. alphanumeric).
Thanks for the suggestions! I tried all of them but I didn't manage to get it to work. My laptop connects fine to the 5GHz network but not to the 2.5GHz one. I copy/pasted the password so that cannot be an issue. My Mac just says there was a problem connecting, while my printer thinks it's a wrong password.
Try a factory reset, especially if the problems started occurring after a firmware upgrade. Don't restore settings from a backup file.
OK, I will give it a try.