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Enable "Bridge mode" on Orbi RBR50
I currently have a daisy chain of orbi's connected to internet. I want to add my nighthawk r7000 as an extension so I have access to some more ethernet ports in the house without a long wire. So I set up the R7000 in repeating mode and it is all set up. But as seen in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhVzhESUy4) I need to enable on the orbi whatever the equivalent of "WDS Bridging" would be for the oribi. How do I do that or is ther another way to add the r7000 to the network?
By chance I have a Nighthawk R7000 connect to my Orbi for the same purpose: to provide a bunch of ethernet ports in my garage where it is impractical to run an ethernet cable from my Orbi.
Nothing is configured on the Orbi. Nothing.
On the R7000, I went to the Advanced Tab, Advanced Setup, Router/AP/Bridge, and set it to Bridge Mode. I also went into the Advanced Wireless settings and disabled the 2.4G radio. The garage R7000 does not support any WiFi clients. I believe how to do this is described in the R7000 User Manual.
Works Great.
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By chance I have a Nighthawk R7000 connect to my Orbi for the same purpose: to provide a bunch of ethernet ports in my garage where it is impractical to run an ethernet cable from my Orbi.
Nothing is configured on the Orbi. Nothing.
On the R7000, I went to the Advanced Tab, Advanced Setup, Router/AP/Bridge, and set it to Bridge Mode. I also went into the Advanced Wireless settings and disabled the 2.4G radio. The garage R7000 does not support any WiFi clients. I believe how to do this is described in the R7000 User Manual.
Works Great.
So to clarify: I do nothing with the orbi, then setup the r7000 in the desired room (with only a power cord), disable the 2.4 radio, enable bridge mode (with all automatic/default settings), then plug in my computer via ethernet?
You are setting up your R7000 as a wireless bridge, so it allows your wireless device to connect to your Orbi's wireless network. Here are Netgear's generic instructions for setting up wireless bridge mode: https://kb.netgear.com/24105/What-is-bridge-mode-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Nighthawk-router
