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bent57
May 08, 2022Tutor
How do I know if my wifi is connected to the bridge?
Hi, My main router is nighthawk rax48(192.168.1.1) and I use nighthawk rax43(192.168.1.2) as a bridge. The connection between them is thru wired ethernet. My question is the wifi thru the bridge. ...
microchip8
May 09, 2022Master
A bridge acts as a switch-like device and will not show attatched devices, wired or wireless. Many functions are disabled in bridge mode so this is normal. If everything works OK on your end, there's nothing to worry about
bent57
May 10, 2022Tutor
Yes. Everything is working. It just feels weird that everything is shown as connected to the main router. Thanks a lot.
- microchip8May 10, 2022Master
bent57 wrote:
Yes. Everything is working. It just feels weird that everything is shown as connected to the main router. Thanks a lot.As I said, a bridge disables router functuality so there's no way to track what devices are connecting to it.. It's the main router that is the horse