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R6080 as wireless bridge
I am using the same router as a bridge brouter, a.k.a. Router. Of course you can use this model as a bride just make sure that wireless credentials aren’t the same.. So that they dont off load on each other and then shut down.
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Rex0886 wrote:
I am using the same router as a bridge brouter, a.k.a. Router. Of course you can use this model as a bride just make sure that wireless credentials aren’t the same.. So that they dont off load on each other and then shut down.Not sure what that is apropos. You have joined in on an existing conversation from four years ago that may or may not have anything to do with your problems.
There is a good chance that the official support team is busily monitoring new conversations and may miss your addition to this one.Buy the way, the R6080 is pretty well the least capable router that Netgear has made in recent years. According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet, anything faster than 100 Mbps is a waste of your money.
It also slows down whatever is going on in your local network. Newer devices support at least 1000BASE-TX.
