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Anyone else have this issue? 2 Google Nest Minis plus a bunch of 2.4GHz smart lights and plugs of various brands I connect to using Smart Life on Android. They all connect perfectly to my old TP-Link router. On my new RT-BE88U they will not connect no matter what I do. A couple of them have connected using their in-built alternative method of broadcasting their own SSID to connect to(slow blink vs fast blink). Most won't connect with this method and NONE of them will connect through the normal method. Things I've tried:

Factory resets, multiple
MLO on/off
Smart connect on/off
802.11b on/off
Disabling everything except the 2.4GHz band
All authentication methods, WPA/WPA2/WPA3 etc
20MHz and 40MHz
Alternative Android apps
All RT-BE88U firmware revisions

I love this router otherwise but this issue is very frustrating.
 

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