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WyoLife
Jul 22, 2022Aspirant
RAX41 adding computers behind wifi bridge to group for parental controls
Hey Y'all! None of the computers connected via a wifi bridge show up as an attached device, only the router by which they are connected. I have seen threads concerning this and have added the comput...
WyoLife
Jul 24, 2022Aspirant
I would think that since the Nighthawk router is assigning an IP address to the computers that are behind the wireless bridge that they could be made to show up in the devices list with a firmware fix. But that is just an uneducated assumption đ . The fact that the computers behind the bridge donât show up means the money I just spent on the parental control software was wasted cash unless I run a cable through the house or move all the childrenâs bedrooms, neither of which are viable options.
FURRYe38
Jul 24, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Bridge mode on NG routers is that the router turns into a Wireless Client or adapter. This means that the bridged router connects wirelessly to a HOST service router thus becomes a pass thru for traffic from the HOST router to any ethernet connected devices to the bridge router. When in bridge mode, most if not all additional features on the bridge router gets disabled. All addresses and routing abilities are handled by the HOST router.
Features like Armor and SPC are disabled on the NG bridged router.
- WyoLifeJul 27, 2022Aspirant
The RAX41 is the host router in the network. The bridged router is an Edimax. My network was previously hosted by an Asus router which handled the computers behind the same Edimax being used as a wireless bridge flawlessly.