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Can't rename 5G network
Today my antivirus prompted me to upgrade this router's firmware, and with that came a factory reset of the router. I'm in the process of renaming the networks and resetting the passwords and can't r...
nvm, apparently this can't be done in the "genie". I got it to work via http://www.routerlogin.net/
nvm, apparently this can't be done in the "genie". I got it to work via http://www.routerlogin.net/
mapcat wrote:
nvm, apparently this can't be done in the "genie". I got it to work via http://www.routerlogin.net/
As you have found the various genies are blunt instruments. The browser interface is usually more capable.
I chip in to point out that sometimes the desktop (Windows at least) genie does things that are broken in the browser interface. For example, the Windows genie can name devices in the R7800's network map, whereas the browser interface lost that feature in the a recent firmware update.
Don't go anywhere near the NIghthawk apps.