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Awspry
Aug 31, 2018Follower
c7000 - Bridge mode
Brief backstory: We recently moved, and when we transferred our Internet service (through Spectrum), they offered their Triple Play deal for TV, Phone, & Internet (we don't need the phone, but it was...
antinode
Aug 31, 2018Guru
> [...] I can't find any settings for having it communicate with the
> other router.
Settings? How would you connect the hardware?
> Some of what I've read [...]
Should I know what that was? Examples?
> [...] leads me to believe my device doesn't support what I want.
If you want to use a Cxxxx, which lacks a WAN/Internet Ethernet port,
as a normal router, then you may be out of luck.
> [...] But if that's the case, why even have the option to put it in
> Bridge at all?
To make it a modem-only (not a router-only)?
It may be possible to use it as a wireless access point:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a Netgear C6300, but the steps are about the same for
any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP option.