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Wired devices on a wireless bridge
I am using a WNDR3700v4 in bridge mode. When I log into the web interface I see under connected devices virtually ALL of the wired devices on my network showing up. Please tell me that this is just a...
slylabs13 wrote:I am using a WNDR3700v4 in bridge mode. When I log into the web interface I see under connected devices virtually ALL of the wired devices on my network showing up. Please tell me that this is just a discovery process and all those devices are not going through the netgear to gain access to the network.
That is correct when AP mode or bridge as some company's call it, all devices will show up as wired EXCEPT devices attached to AP's wifi. Devices attached via wifi on main router will also show as Wired too.
Most of the time and not refering to any product in particular but if u can access the GUI then it's not in bridge mode.
This does not make the least bit of sense to me. Are you saying that a device configured as a router can then no longer be configured using the GUI? If that is what you are saying, it is nonsense. You may mean that a device configured as a router cannot be accessed from the public interface (if configured that way) but that is the opposite of what you said. I have never seen a device that once configured as a bridge cannot be further configured with a GUI.