Trouble with 5GHz AP mode on Netgear Nighthawk R7800

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@engeniuz

My wireless AP device always shows "disabled" in LuCI

set configuration from "luci" web interface ... (since you have "luci" at least try)

from ssh (if the /etc/config/wireless file is valid):

uci set wireless.radio0.disabled='0'
uci set wireless.radio1.disabled='0'
uci commit
wifi up

edit your /etc/config/wireless and set:

option country 'US'

a example /etc/config/wireless is this:

AP + Client switch with button

As we have established in your other thread, you are using OpenWrt 15.05 (Chaos Calmer) which is totally obsolete. As I said in that thread, a lot has changed since 15.05 and the methods that would be employed in the current versions probably won't work with such an old version. And what worked in that version likely wouldn't work in a current version. You may find some kind person here who both remembers and is willing to help with this ancient version, but I wouldn't rely on that. You will p…

at most post the /etc/config/wireless file for any problems (masking the sid and password)