Mango GL-MT300N-V2 won't connect to Spectrum

Routers
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When I connect to my Spectrum router the Mango seems to connect, but it will not show an IP address or let me go to pages in the browser. It shows a BSSID number. I’m not sure what to check or do. I just installed the new firmware today but the problem was around before I did that.

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Im curious about which Spectrum device you have and what router mode are you trying on the Mango. I don’t have a Mango but I have connected several gl.inet routers in router mode by Ethernet cable to our Spectrum modem with no issues.

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I am trying to use the Mango as a repeater. I’m trying to connect over WiFi. The modem is a EN2251. The router is a SAX1V1S.

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It works when I plug the cable from the router into the Mango.

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I see. I did not get the SAX1V1S router because I saw user reviews that Spectrum has the router locked down to work only with their app and uses the same SSID for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, and I have at east one device that will not connect when the same SSID is used for both channels. I do use a gl.inet Shadow and I can confirm that it works in repeater mode with a wifi router with only one SSID for both bands. What version of the Mango firmware do you have? I saw that the latest version V4.3.11 includes a wifi fix.

EDIT: one other thing you might try… If you can cable a PC to the Mango LAN port, disable wifi on the Mango and then have it scan in repeater mode. If this works, then you can try to enable wifi on the Mango

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I have version 4.3.11. It is the latest.

I have been able to get the Mango to connect to the Spectrum router by wifi in the past. I am not sure what changed.

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In that case I am out of suggestions other than saving any VPN or other complicated configurations and reinstall the firmware not keeping the settings, and then manually reconfigure.

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If I reset it, will it keep the update? Or will it go back to the original version that it shipped with?

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I’m pretty sure that reset just deletes all your configuration settings. To revert to an older firmware, download the older version as a file and use upgrade from local file to downgrade to the old version

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You are totally right. Reset just wipes configuration.
A downgrade is required to restore older firmware versions.