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CAX80 - Bridge Mode/Wireless Access Point
As strange as this may sound, does anybody happen to know if the CAX80 can be used as a modem in wireless bridge mode? My use case is that I already have a router and several switches running SFP+ at...
No luck on other Cable Modem Routers in the manuals. C7800 looks like the closest, newest product @ https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/C7800/C7800_UM_EN.pdf and it doesn't appear to have a way to turn off all routing. It looks like you can disable DHCP, plus the WiFi Radios.
> [...] It looks like you can disable DHCP, plus the WiFi Radios.
That doesn't do what you want.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in a model like C7000 or
C7000v2, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look
for "Cable Your Modem Router to a Router and Use Bridge Mode" (C7000) or
"Connect Your Modem Router to a Router After Installation and
Activation" (C7000v2). (I knew that I'd seen that stuff someplace.)
Yep, you may be right. The C7000V2 manual does show it has option to turn off Router mode, which disables the NAT and keeps it working as a switch when connected to another router. Assuming the CAX80 is similar to the C7000V2, this may be sufficient to be able to use it as a modem and possibly even keep it using WiFi. Even if it doesn't allow for WiFi (though it should), it should still run as a modem.
> [...] and keeps it working as a switch when connected to another
> router. [...]Not really. In modem-only mode, the wireless radios should be
disabled, and any switch functions won't be useful, because, as a modem
(with typical residential service), you'll be able to connect only one
device (normally, your router) to it, no matter how many Ethernet ports
it might have.> [...] and possibly even keep it using WiFi. [...]
Get used to it. If you configure a modem+router as a modem only,
then it'll be a modem only. Connecting multiple client devices (wired
or wireless) to an ISP connection (modem or other) is a job for a NAT
router.If you could break up a modem+router into its functional parts like
so many Lego blocks, and rearrange them at will, then you might be able
to do something like what you think that you want to do. But you can't
actually do that.