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 working), and I got an "unable to join network" message. Then I tried again, and my device (iPad) couldn't even SEE the 2.4g. FYI I recently downloaded the most recent firmware (1.0.5.44). Thanks in advance for your help.

Troubleshooting

rpoffen
Nov 19, 2015
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 :-(

11 Replies

netwrks
Master
Nov 14, 2015
General rule - reset the router to factory default after all firmware upgrades and reconfigure from scratch
- swami7774
  Tutor
  Nov 14, 2015
  I did the reverse: reset, then downloaded(I was having lots of trouble with the 5G). I reset to factory settings. Should I reset again?
  - netwrks
    Master
    Nov 14, 2015
    The process is: load new firmware. Reset to factory defualt. Config from scratch.

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Switching between 2.4g and 5g.