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EX6100 cannot connect to my router's 5GHz frequency
Hello, I just got a Huawei E5186 4G LTE router from Europe, and I tried to get my EX6100 (bought from the US) to connect to my router's 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. It's able to connect to the 2.4G...
Hi,
I am not sure but I think it was working fine before FW Upgrade ...
Thanks !
TH
EX6100. The latest posted firmware for the EX6100 is broke. My EX6100 was working for many months on EX6100_V1.0.0.28_1.0 without problems. Note that I am NOT using Fastlane so I can connect with the EX6100 using both 2.4G and 5G. I tried installing the new firmware EX6100-V1.0.1.36_1.0.114_07311820 and 5G immediately broke. I can see the 5G SSID fine, and connect to the EX6100 5G SSID, but I have no internet connection. I can ping the EX6100 at 192.168.1.250 but not my router or internet at 192.168.1.1.
2.4G still works just perfectly but I have no router/internet connectivity with the 5G. After trying a bunch of different settings, none of which helped, I had to drop back and reintall EX6100_V1.0.0.28_1.0. That fixed the 5G router/internet connectivity.
I conclude the 5G is broken on EX6100-V1.0.1.36_1.0.114_07311820.
Bruce Chastain
Hello,
Thanks for reply. For your info, after hours of testings, I got the rid of : the problem is caused
(as for 2Ghz than for 5Ghz band) by "source" SSID not being broadcasted:
I didn't see the problem because, for FON-based access, SSID of 2Ghz band must be broadcasted.
If you switch on 5Ghz SSID broadcast, EX6100 does connect normally and extend 5Ghz band coverage.
Switching it back off from source, then, Netgear lose connectivity... and this, as for 2Ghz than for 5Ghz band.
It is definitively a netgear problem as, even the SSID are not broadcasted, you can join, define and connect to source
2/5Ghz band specifying SSID name ...
Cheers
TH
Must be a different problem. Both my 2,4G and 5G SSIDs are being broadcast with no problem. Other devices see both of them just fine.
If another device connects with the 2.4G it can see the router and internet with no problem.
If If another device connects with the 5G there is no connectivity with the internet. It can ping the EX6100 just fine but not the router or the internet.
I have never attempted to suppress SSID broadcasting.
Downgrading back to the EX6100_V1.0.0.28_1.0 the device came with fixed it.
Bruce.
It just occured to me that I should have tried a factory reset after upgrading the firmware. I'm not sure when I can do it (we need it to work at the moment) but I'll try that soon and report back.
Bruce.