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KentB's avatar
KentB
Tutor
Nov 03, 2015
Solved

R6200V2 Doesn't Seem to Bridge

I just had Frontier service installed which requires the use of their FIOS wireless router. I have that downstairs and all my wireless devices/tv/ect connect just fine. I want to set my Netgear route...
bridging
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Nov 04, 2015

    Let's go through the steps.

    1. You logged into the R6200 and went to ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings and clicked on Enable Bridge mode?
    2. You clicked on the button setup bridge mode wireless settings?
    3. You proceeded to enter the Wi-Fi frequency, name, password, and security mode used by your FIOS router and clicked Apply?
    4. You clicked Apply again on the Advanced Wireless settings page?

    At this point, log into your FIOS router and confirm that it can see the R6200. The R6200 should have obtained an IP address. You should be able to log into the R6200 using this IP address.

     

    If necessary, reboot your desktop and printer upstairs to force them to DHCP for IP addresses.

     

TheEther's avatar
TheEther
Guru
Nov 04, 2015

Let's go through the steps.

  1. You logged into the R6200 and went to ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings and clicked on Enable Bridge mode?
  2. You clicked on the button setup bridge mode wireless settings?
  3. You proceeded to enter the Wi-Fi frequency, name, password, and security mode used by your FIOS router and clicked Apply?
  4. You clicked Apply again on the Advanced Wireless settings page?

At this point, log into your FIOS router and confirm that it can see the R6200. The R6200 should have obtained an IP address. You should be able to log into the R6200 using this IP address.

 

If necessary, reboot your desktop and printer upstairs to force them to DHCP for IP addresses.

 

KentB's avatar
KentB
Tutor
Nov 04, 2015

Thanks for the quick reply TheEther - 

 

Since I posted, I updated the router to the latest Netgear firmware with no bridge success. Giving up on the Netgear firmware, I made a backup and then flashed the router with DD-WRT firmware. I tried doing the setup per the following instructions without any success:

 

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Mode#External_Links

 

I'll revert the router back to the Netgear firmware, follow your steps and suggested checks, and see if I have any success (shouldn't be this hard really...). Will post results back. Thanks again!

 

Kent