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Added another Wifi network by mistake?
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Added another Wifi network by mistake?
I'm using a Nightharwk D7000 (AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router) with the latest firmware update. Several weeks ago, I thought I was simply changing my WIFI Network name but instead it created a second WIFI network. The originial wifi network consisted of the factory settings, to include the NETGEAR25-5G and factory assigned network password.
The second wifi network consists of the name that I thought I was changing the original network to and the new password. The NETGEAR25-5G has channel 153 with up to 1300 Mbps while the second network (the onel I simply thought I was changing the name to) has "Auto" for channel and only up to 600 Mbps.
The question is this: how to I delete the second wifi network and use only the factory established network of NETGEAR25-5G and factory assigned password? Do I have to go back to factory settings and start over again? Thanks.
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Re: Added another Wifi network by mistake?
The D7000 has two radios, where both can be configured individually - one on the 2.4 GHz band, the other on the 5 GHz band. Best guess (and lack of a screenshot or the like) I suspect you have changed just the 2.4 GHz radio network name, but not the 5 GHz one.
There is - along the two primary network names - also the possibility to configure so called guest networks under dedicated network names. Unclear if you have done this, and enabled the guest network.
Unfortunately, Netgear has not adopted Smart Connect to the D7000 yet which would allow to configure and manage a single network name and security on the primary wireless interfaces. Not sure if your router would allow configuring the same network name on both the 2.4 GHz as well as on the 5 GHz radio.
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Re: Added another Wifi network by mistake?
> I'm using a Nightharwk D7000 (AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router) with
> the latest firmware update.
An actual version number would be more useful than your opinion of
what's "latest" today. (It would also help to verify that you have a
D7000[v1], and not a D7000v2.)
> [...] Not sure if your router would allow configuring the same network
> name on both the 2.4 GHz as well as on the 5 GHz radio.
My D7000 (V1.0.1.64_1.0.1) is configured with the same SSID (and
passphrase) on both radios. They both seem to work.
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