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RAX30 Bridge Mode
I live in an apartment complex which global wifi across the building. I'd like to setup a local network using the RAX30 in bridge mode. I assumed the RAX30 could connect to the building WIFI and th...
Good call. My coat closet has an access panel for the building's fiber to eth switch. I tapped into that and am now running the RAX30 in its normal router mode. Thanks for the suggestion!
The RAX30 requires the WAN Ethernet port to be connected to an Ethernet port on the host router. So, no.
It appears that what you want is a WiFi Extender, which is designed to connect to a host system using WiFi and create a local network (probably with a different WiFi SSID).
It might be worth asking other tenants about this issue. There may be provisions in the lease agreement regarding setting up conflicting WiFi networks.