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ndmick
Aspirant
Jul 09, 2019

Nighthawk AX8 to Bridge R7000

Have a metal workshop 80 feet from house that has cat5e wire to it.No wifi.Can I set my R7000 in bridge and connect to new Nighthawk AX8.Will this work?

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    michaelkenward
    Guru
    Jul 10, 2019
    ndmick wrote:

    Have a metal workshop 80 feet from house that has cat5e wire to it.No wifi.Can I set my R7000 in bridge and connect to new Nighthawk AX8.Will this work?

    Does this mean that you want to use the R7000 as a wifi repeater, picking up the wifi from the AX8, whatever that is, and broadcasting in the workshop?

     

    I ask because "bridge" can mean one of several things in network terminology.

     

    There is support material, including a manual, for the R7000 somewhere at the end of this link:

     

    >>>> R7000 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<

     

    See the section Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode. With luck this will not bne a feature that was removed in a later firmare update.

     

     

     

     

     

    • ndmick's avatar
      ndmick
      Aspirant
      Jul 10, 2019
      Yes .I was planning on buying new router ,wifi 6, running cat5e from back of it to the R7000 set up as bridge (I think it's called)so it would be like a repeater.Or would it be better to just buy a repeater.