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RAXE500 bridge mode issue
I just recently purchased the RAXE500 to use as a WiFi bridge mode Ethernet adapter.
The problem I am having is the devices connected to our do not receive separate IP addresses. They ate all passing through traffic with the same IP as the router itself is assigned. Is there a way to allow the bridge mode feature to function in a truly passthrough manner so that all the connected devices receive IP's from the parent router on the network?
The problem I am having is the devices connected to our do not receive separate IP addresses. They ate all passing through traffic with the same IP as the router itself is assigned. Is there a way to allow the bridge mode feature to function in a truly passthrough manner so that all the connected devices receive IP's from the parent router on the network?
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CodenameFalcon wrote:
I just recently purchased the RAXE500 to use as a WiFi bridge mode Ethernet adapter.A WiFi wireless bridge would be for connecting two Ethernet segments over a WiFi wireless link.
CodenameFalcon wrote:
The problem I am having is the devices connected to our do not receive separate IP addresses. They ate all passing through traffic with the same IP as the router itself is assigned. Is there a way to allow the bridge mode feature to function in a truly passthrough manner so that all the connected devices receive IP's from the parent router on the network?So what you really need might be a Wireless Access Point (technically a WiFi<->Ethernet bridge), allowing to let wireless clients associate and the Ethernet LAN. Change your RAXE500 to Access Point Mode!
- Hi schumaku,
What I am trying to do is connect Ethernet only devices to the network over a wireless bridge. This Netgear router is what I'm trying to use as the Ethernet bridge. Access point mode broadcasts a WiFi network which is not what I'm trying to do. The router can connect to the existing Wi-Fi network just fine. The issue is the devices connected to it via Ethernet do not receive separate IP addresses from the parent router.
CodenameFalcon wrote:
I just recently purchased the RAXE500 to use as a WiFi bridge mode Ethernet adapter.The "bridge mode" term is confusing and depends on the context. For a modem/router, for example, it means turning off the router bit and using the thing as a bridge between a router and the Internet.
There is also a "wireless bridge mode" for routers, connecting two routers over wifi so that the second router can "host" devices.
The RAXE500 does not support "wireless brdge mode".
You could follow the advice from schumaku. Wire the RAXE500 to your router in AP mode and away you go. If direct wiring isn't possible Powerline Ethernet might work.
Disclaimer: Just another user with time on their hands.
The RAXE500 has wireless bridge mode. I know mine does.
michaelkenward wrote:
CodenameFalcon wrote:
I just recently purchased the RAXE500 to use as a WiFi bridge mode Ethernet adapter.The RAXE500 does not support "wireless bridge mode".
It does - at least it's documented in the fine RAXE500/RAXE450_RAXE500_UM p.96 ff. Set up the router in bridge mode
Convinced the OP CodenameFalcon knows about this section of the UM.
I'm still trying to understand what might be problematic or a potential show stopper. On an earlier thread, on poster reported toe router has to be operated on a non-DFS channel. Don't own any of these devices, so can't test and compare.
As long as there is no bridge connection established, no DHCP can be assigned from primary router over the wireless bridge connection. The information available from CodenameFalcon what does go wrong is a little bit vague - have just seen something appears to get some IP addresses from the RAXE500 according to the OP.
- I'm new to this product (just got it a week ago) and Netgear as a whole since an old DGND3700 DSL modem years back.
I rolled it back to firmware 1.0.6 to see if it possibly worked on an old firmware and somehow broke on a newer release.
What I'm witnessing from my parent router / gateway device is the first device which pulls an IP from the DHCP server gets assumed for all devices connected to the RAXE500, including the RAXE500 itself. I see all the requests for different URL's going through with a source of that IP. The MAC address for that IP is the MAC of the RAXE500. The problem with this setup is I am trying to setup customized firewall rules for each device to be able to access specific external URL's and block the rest of the traffic.
So it seems in this "bridge mode" configuration on this device it still has NAT enabled and I cannot find anything on the webserver to disable the built in NAT and just use passthrough for each device. This is completely different than how my older TP-Link and Asus routers functioned in this mode.
