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BYellin
Sep 17, 2019Aspirant
Bridge Mode on Xfinity Gateway
I have a 1 gbyte xfinity gateway connected to an Orbi RBR40 router with three satalites. The Orbi is in AP mode. I turned off the wifi on the xfinity gateway. Should I also put the gateway into bri...
BYellin
Sep 17, 2019Aspirant
Thanks for getting back to me. the mfr is Technicolor and the model # is CGM414COM. Is there an advantage to switching the Gateway to Bridge mode and the modem to router mode or should I just leave it as is?
FURRYe38
Sep 17, 2019Guru - Experienced User
For easy of setup up, I would leave it as is if it all working.
When in bridge mode you can use the RBR in router mode and thus use more of the RBRs features that are not enabled when in AP mode. Things like access controls and parental controls and such are not enabled in AP mode. Just Wifi features is about it for AP mode.