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rikelp
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Aug 19, 2021

wax204 bridge mode and wireless simultaneously, can that be done and if so, what is the set up?

Wifi 6 Ax1800 Wireless Access Point is currently on bridge mode but i cant figure out how to also use as a wireless access point.

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  • > [...] Wireless Access Point is currently on bridge mode but i cant
    > figure out how to also use as a wireless access point.

     

       But it works for client devices with wired connections to the
    WAX204-as-bridge?

     

       All I know about the WAX204 is what I read in its User Manual, parts
    of which make little sense, but I suspect that you're doomed.

     

       The WAX204 User Manual (especially "Figure 9. WiFi bridge between two
    APs") seems to suggest wireless connections between client devices and
    every box with an antenna, but I suspect that that's nonsense.  Compare
    that picture with the text:

     

          Cable the AP that functions as a WiFi bridge to your Smart TV,
          NeoTV, or Blu-ray player, and use its 802.11ax WiFi connection to

          the first AP in the office.


       That is, cable connections between client devices and the
    WAX204-as-bridge, and a wireless connection between the WAX204-as-bridge
    and the main router (access point).  That would be consistent with other
    Netgear routers which have a wireless-bridge mode option (and less
    confusing documentation), where the wireless stuff in the
    router-as-bridge is dedicated to communication with the main router
    (access point), and is not available for communication with client
    devices.

     

       ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Router / AP / Bridge Mode is a "pick one
    mode" control.  I claim.

     

       Older (now unavailable) editions of some manuals ("May 2017",
    "202-11301-11" for the R7000, for example), included a "Figure 9. Router
    in bridge mode with an 802.11ac WiFi connection" which actually made
    sense, and clearly showed who was connected to whom, how.

     

       But they've "improved" their documentation greatly since then.