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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...
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.