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Bridge mode causes wireless to stop working r7000p to d6300
Want to use D6300 in bridged mode connected to R7000P and retain wireless connections through R7000P.
When the D6300 is powered up (has been placed in bridge mode) it stops the R7000P from connecti...
- Thanks @Shumaku. Was thinking of the R series as I replied without coffee. Thank you for pointing this out. Changes everything. There is no way I would recommend trying to connect wirelessly in bridge mode. Would be a futile effort, as well as unreliable.
shadowsports wrote:
It should be possible to use the D6300 as a modem in bridge mode in front of your R7000P.
Not really 8-) - it's about establishing a wireless bridge as documented in How to set up Bridge mode on R6300, R6250 & R6200? ...assumng the D6300 does support the same.
There is however another Unresolved post from earlier this year https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/D6300-Wireless-Bridge-Refuses-To-Work/m-p/1620355
Thanks @Shumaku. Was thinking of the R series as I replied without coffee. Thank you for pointing this out. Changes everything. There is no way I would recommend trying to connect wirelessly in bridge mode. Would be a futile effort, as well as unreliable.
Just wanted to avoid the confusion of operating a DSL router as a bridge (pure modem) vs. configuring a router wireless into bridge mode.