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Switching between 2.4g and 5g.
I have a Nighthawk r7000. It offers two networks: 2.4G and 5G. Should I be able to manually switch between the 2 networks? I just tried to switch from 5 to 2.4(just to test it and make sure it was wo...
Simply changine SSID's and passwords shouldn't change anything other than clients will have to re-authorize on the new SSID.
However, I have seen the router work fine and brick itself on a reboot :-(
Yes, that is correct. The reset to factory will give you a fresh clean slate. Another rule of thunb: Do not reload a configuration file from a previous version of firmware, onto a new version of firmware.
Pardon my un-techiness, but I assume that means don't try to lay older firmware on top of newer.
Don't lay a older router configuration - (how it set up / configured on new firmware).
Back to the original problem, did you give each band a different SSID? Typically you use a name for the 2.4Ghz, and then name-5g for the 5Ghz band.
If the problem still exists and seems constrained to Apple devices, then make sure WMM is enabled in the router (under QoS settings).
Been away for a few days--sorry! I have not yet tried to assign names and passwords to the 2 bands, Figured I'd leave well enough along--unless you can assure me that changing the names (which, ideally, I'd like to do) won't mess it up again.