WUMC710 Won't Connect To High-end Cisco Routers

Question

I just dropped some pretty big bucks on a shiny new Linksys / Cisco AC 1300 / WUMC710 Wireless Bridge, mainly because it was both gigabit speed and it had multiple ports available. It is flashed-up to the latest firmware. The configuration went pretty well and I was able to set the SSID with no trouble, but when I tried to do the "Site Survey" it only found one of the neighbors' networks, even though it was only a few feet away from my new Cisco RV180W Wireless-N router, which was open with no security whatsoever enabled and the SSID set. The computer was a fairly new Dell desktop running 32-bit Windows 8.1 Professional with a Realtek gigabit NIC and Cat6 patch cable.  No connection was ever made even though, as I mentioned, the SSID was set to match the router's and no security was in place on either the bridge or the router. Of course, the computer connected perfectly via a hardwire connection.
Next I took it to another location where I had another fairly new Dell desktop running 32-bit Windows 7 Professional with an Intel gigabit NIC using a Cat6 patch cable and where this time there was a Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N router which has had various and sundry devices, from wireless printers to iPhones and everything else under the sun connected to it with no problem whatsoever (no wireless devices were present at this particular time, though); the network SSID name on it was the same as at the other place so I didn't need to change that on the bridge.  This router also had open (no) security so I didn't have to monkey around with that on the bridge either. Now you would think, given the pre-configuraton, that the bridge would have immediately connected to this router but no such luck.  And then to add insult to injury, when I tried to do a "Site Survey" I was able to access the internal setup program just fine but not only did it not find the new (or any other, for that matter) network, it would freeze up and make me have to bail out of setup and start the process over and over again.  Today I dug-up an old, ancient Linksys WET54G (v3) Wireless-G Bridge that I had had buried in my junk box for years, plugged it in and it immediately found my router and connected, without me even configuring the thing. Then I took it over to the other location and it did exactly the same thing, without hesitation.  So somebody out there (a Linksys guy or whoever) please enlighten me as to just what the Devil is wrong with my new state-of-the-art bridge to cause this kind of disfunction.  I've also used and installed several Linksys / Cisco WAP610N Wireless-N access points with no problem at all; setup on these units was a snap and they connected immediately every time. I would have gotten one except (as stated above) I wanted the gigabit connection speed and the extra ports.  Any advice would be welcome, from troubleshooting to some Magic Bullet which will make the crummy thing come back to life.  If my old antique Wireless-G Bridge can connect-up immediately then what on Earth is keeping this new, high-powered one from doing so?  Thanks & standing by...

Answer 1

You are probably not going to like this.
The RV180W is not Dual Band meaning it doesn't have a 5Ghz radio
The WUMC710 is a 5Ghz only high performance wireless bridge.
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