Is there such a thing as a 5GHz only Access Point / Range Extender thingy?

I bought a D-Link router that has Wireless and its options are absolute bullshit. I cannot enable ONLY the Wi-Fi.
If I do I cannot manage anything else and its stupid IP addressing creates another subnet and if I manually change it, it clashes with the existing router/DHCP server.

It also takes 180 (!) seconds to apply settings like disabling WAN.
Fucking hell, man.

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Sorry, 160. But still, what the fuck?!
I can see the activity LEDs flash on or off as SOON as I click the damn button.

It also refuses to let me enable only 5 or 2.4. It's both or nothing.
Thing is, if I do some HTML fuckery in the settings page, it's a valid config, and the AP indeed only has the 5GHz band enabled.

I hate consumer networking equipment. So goddamn much.

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