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brianm0122's avatar
brianm0122
Aspirant
Jan 17, 2021

R7960 as a bridge

My setup:

 

C6900 as a modem/router/gateway

R7960P as an AP

R6400 as an AP

 

The 7960 is using a powerline adaptor for connection to the router. Performance/thruput is lacking. It is serving a TV and latency is over 300ms. Suspect there is horrible errors/jitter. I want to change this to a wireless bridge. 

 

I am using the settings under the "advanced" menu. It will not connect to the gateway. no log messageson the gateway, so I don't know why.

 

Does anyone have a clue why this doesn't work? Does the C6900 support this function?

1 Reply

  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Jan 17, 2021

    > R7960P as an AP

     

       Firmware version?  Connected to what?

     

    > [...] It is serving a TV [...] I want to change this to a wireless
    > bridge. [...]

     

       Your "a TV" has an Ethernet port?

     

    > I am using the settings under the "advanced" menu. [...]

     

       Not much meat on that bone.

     

    > [...] Does the C6900 support this function?

     

       I don't think that it's really a special function.  To the main
    router, I'd expect the router-as-bridge to look pretty much like any
    other wireless client device.  If all the radios are known to work, then
    I'd wonder about the firmware in the router-as-bridge.  I don't have an
    R7960P, so I can't check anything here.