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p1r9t3
Aspirant
Dec 03, 2025
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Brand new BE17000 - No 2.4ghz

I just purchased this BE17000, I set up all of the wireless networks and then turned on guest. For the 2.4ghz guest wifi I gave it a name separate from the rest of them (netgear-iot) and saved the se...
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    p1r9t3
    Dec 06, 2025

    I tried the 30-30-30 and the 2.4 came back for about 12 hours and disappeared again.

     

    Just for fun I shut down every device in the house that used 2.4ghz and after a few minutes the SSID re-appeared for me.  Started turning things back on one at a time and found that some wifi bulbs I was using were the culprit, as soon as they powered up the wifi dropped.  Power down and it came back.

     

    Replaced them with some new bulbs and all is well.

p1r9t3's avatar
p1r9t3
Aspirant
Dec 06, 2025

I tried the 30-30-30 and the 2.4 came back for about 12 hours and disappeared again.

 

Just for fun I shut down every device in the house that used 2.4ghz and after a few minutes the SSID re-appeared for me.  Started turning things back on one at a time and found that some wifi bulbs I was using were the culprit, as soon as they powered up the wifi dropped.  Power down and it came back.

 

Replaced them with some new bulbs and all is well.