RE6500 - deleting extended networks and other queries

I've got four questions which I hope have easy answers:
1) I have an RE6500 and have set it up using the excellently simple instructions to extend my 2.4GHz network.. Later, once it's running, I use the web interface to a add a 5GHz extended network. Now my original 2.4GHZ network, which belongs to my router, is extended to 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Excellent. So later still I decide I want to remove the 5GHz network. But how? There's no button or box to turn off either of the extended networks. The only way I've been able to get rid of the 5GHz extended network is to perform a factory reset and start again from scratch. There must be a better way, but what is it?
2) The 5GHz extended network I created in (1) comes up on channel 36. How can I change this?
3) I want the extender to only "listen" on 2.4GHz and only "talk" on 5GHz. How can I do this?
4) Is it me, or are the keyhole slots on the base (for wall mounting) really the wrong way up?

The RE6500 lets you repeat the wireless signal of any access point or router to provide Internet connectivity in hard to reach areas through a wireless connection on the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequency band. You can't change the channel. You can disable the SSID broadcast by accessing the user interface of the extender. The link shows an RE1000 but accesing it is just the same.
Title: Accessing the web-based setup page of the Linksys range extender
Yes, you can wall mount the RE 6500.

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