2.4GHz Band not broadcasting

I have:
GL-AXT1800
Firmware 4.5.16
Wireguard Client setup and running
IPV6 turned off

I'd be happy to provide any further details needed, just let me know what you would like.

On this router, the 2.4G and guest 2.4G networks aren't broadcasting. I can't find the network on multiple devices and one of my devices doesn't support 5G wifi. I have double checked that those specific networks are indeed turned on, and the SSID is not hidden. I have rebooted the router to no avail.

What is the channle you use for 2.4G wifi?

Can you ssh to the router and use these commands and give output?

ifconfig
iwinfo

I have tried both auto, and channel 11.

Here is the info you requested.

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ApNos-b85cfe67-devel
OpenWrt 21.02-SNAPSHOT, r16399+165-c67509efd7

root@GL-AXT1800:~# ifconfig
br-guest-ifb Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5A:83:47:C6:6D:11
inet6 addr: fe80::5883:47ff:fec6:6d11/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
RX bytes:974 (974.0 B) TX bytes:764 (764.0 B)

br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:85
inet addr:10.10.10.1 Bcast:10.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fd70:c97b:752b::1/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::9683:c4ff:fe45:5a85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:579673 errors:0 dropped:24 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:664842 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:227801940 (217.2 MiB) TX bytes:630650875 (601.4 MiB)

br-lan-ifb Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1E:E2:55:44:19:6E
inet6 addr: fe80::1ce2:55ff:fe44:196e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:575553 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:575550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
RX bytes:235058358 (224.1 MiB) TX bytes:235058148 (224.1 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:84
inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2409:12:11e0:cf00:69dc:e8bf:22b9:588a/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::9683:c4ff:fe45:5a84/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2409:12:11e0:cf00:9683:c4ff:fe45:5a84/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:968374 errors:0 dropped:1094 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:906178 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:698872640 (666.4 MiB) TX bytes:301487976 (287.5 MiB)
Base address:0x1000

eth0-ifb Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 66:AB:87:56:D5:AE
inet6 addr: fe80::64ab:87ff:fe56:d5ae/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:964945 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:964942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
RX bytes:694787883 (662.6 MiB) TX bytes:694787673 (662.6 MiB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:85
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Base address:0x1200

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:85
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:641783 errors:0 dropped:49 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:604889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:231268591 (220.5 MiB) TX bytes:512354256 (488.6 MiB)
Base address:0x1400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:652569 (637.2 KiB) TX bytes:652569 (637.2 KiB)

wgclient Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:10.178.203.3 P-t-P:10.178.203.3 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1420 Metric:1
RX packets:759756 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:705018 errors:2848 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:649499632 (619.4 MiB) TX bytes:256154656 (244.2 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:86
inet6 addr: fe80::9683:c4ff:fe45:5a86/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:313 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:4096
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:32038 (31.2 KiB)

wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:83:C4:45:5A:87
inet6 addr: fe80::9683:c4ff:fe45:5a87/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:89108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133295 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:4096
RX bytes:15384152 (14.6 MiB) TX bytes:128722584 (122.7 MiB)

root@GL-AXT1800:~# iwinfo
wlan0 ESSID: "Dustin Router"
Access Point: 94:83:C4:45:5A:86
Mode: Master Channel: 11 (2.462 GHz)
Center Channel 1: 11 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 30 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -73 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: mixed WPA/WPA2 PSK (CCMP)
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11bgnax
Hardware: unknown [Generic MAC80211]
TX power offset: unknown
Frequency offset: unknown
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy1

wlan1 ESSID: "Dustin Router 5G"
Access Point: 94:83:C4:45:5A:87
Mode: Master Channel: 40 (5.200 GHz)
Center Channel 1: 42 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 30 dBm Link Quality: 63/70
Signal: -47 dBm Noise: -97 dBm
Bit Rate: 439.3 MBit/s
Encryption: WPA2 PSK (CCMP)
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11nacax
Hardware: unknown [Generic MAC80211]
TX power offset: unknown
Frequency offset: unknown
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0

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it just randomly started working after doing nothing.