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Cannot enable bridge mode on R6220
I searched previous posts on this topic, and the response was not what is desired for a 'bridge' configuration.
A WIFI <-> Ethernet bridge is what is desired, where the WIFI is essentially transparent to the WIFI client. DHCP addresses are served by a server on the ETHERNET, or elsewhere in the network, and the AP, just handles the WIFI authentication process.
The post that I found, had references to using the R6220 as a WIFI repeater, to another local ETHETNET segment. But that's not what the poster seemed to be asking for.
I'm replacing an AP that is showing its age, and was in bridge mode, not in WDS mode.
I think the confusion lies in the term 'bridge'. I tend to use 'bridge' to mean 'collecting a set of interfaces' into an effective unit, as in the following on a linux system command line.
brctl addbr br-lanbrctl addif br-lan eth0 -- wired interface
brctl addif br-lan wlan0 -- wireless interface
... etc...
For a WDS 'bridge', I'd use the phrase 'WDS bridge', which would be two AP connecting two segments of the network.
From what I can tell setting up this device, the ETHERNET ports and and the wireless interface are in fact 'bridged' in the first sense, which was not clear from the documentation.
Initially I was using the WAN port to connect to the rest of the wired network. Upon realizing that the wired interfaces where in fact bridged with the wireless interface, I move the cable connecting to the rest of the network to one of 'lan' ports, disabled DHCP on the AP, and the DHCP clients received their IP config from the DHCP on the wired side of things.
So problem solved.
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Do you have a problem of some sort?
I see no sign in the manual that you can use the R6220 in anything other than router or wireless access point (AP) mode.
By the way, as most people understand it, and as Netgear uses it, AP mode means with a wired connection back to a router.
The term "bridge mode" is something else and depends on what you are talking about.
If you visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
you can feed in your model number and find the documentation for your hardware.I think the confusion lies in the term 'bridge'. I tend to use 'bridge' to mean 'collecting a set of interfaces' into an effective unit, as in the following on a linux system command line.
brctl addbr br-lanbrctl addif br-lan eth0 -- wired interface
brctl addif br-lan wlan0 -- wireless interface
... etc...
For a WDS 'bridge', I'd use the phrase 'WDS bridge', which would be two AP connecting two segments of the network.
From what I can tell setting up this device, the ETHERNET ports and and the wireless interface are in fact 'bridged' in the first sense, which was not clear from the documentation.
Initially I was using the WAN port to connect to the rest of the wired network. Upon realizing that the wired interfaces where in fact bridged with the wireless interface, I move the cable connecting to the rest of the network to one of 'lan' ports, disabled DHCP on the AP, and the DHCP clients received their IP config from the DHCP on the wired side of things.
So problem solved.Am I right in thinking that your "solved" tag is down to a revelation that you were barking up the wrong tree and that any confusion about "bridge" is at your end ?
Wouldn't want anyone to stumble on the Solved flag for this conversation and think that you have managed to get this R6220 to achieve the impossible.
Or maybe you have. That would be even more useful for fellow victims.
