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Can R7000 (or 7500, 7800, etc.) do wireless ethernet bridge + AP? (repeater bridge)
I'm trying to find out if the stock Netgear firmware allows you to put, say, an R7000 into wireless repeater bridge mode whereby it connects--preferably with the 5Ghz channel--to my main router, and ...
Thank you for the reminder, but my R7000 is well past warranty expiration :)
Just to put a close to this thread: I installed the latest Kong build of DD-WRT firmware for R7000/ARM processor routers, essentially followed the repeater bridge wiki instructions (http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge#Instructions), and now I have a ~702Mbit wireless bridge between my R7000 and R7500 that also broadcasts both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz APs for my network.
It works darn near perfectly, and I didn't have to get under the house and run ethernet or futz around with Powerline adapters!
Welcome to the community, bripab007
Unfortunately, none of our home routers meet your requirement.
The settings are only Router, Bridge or AP mode and no combination of AP and bridge mode.
Thank you for the response--the was the realization I was slowly coming to.
I'll just install Tomato and do it that way. Only downside to Tomato is that it uses inferior wi-fi drivers. I think I've heard DD-WRT uses the stock Netgear ones, so maybe I'll give that a go instead.
You're welcome.
Just a reminder, using 3rd party firmware voids the warranty.
Please be careful.
Have a great day!
Thank you for the reminder, but my R7000 is well past warranty expiration :)
Just to put a close to this thread: I installed the latest Kong build of DD-WRT firmware for R7000/ARM processor routers, essentially followed the repeater bridge wiki instructions (http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge#Instructions), and now I have a ~702Mbit wireless bridge between my R7000 and R7500 that also broadcasts both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz APs for my network.
It works darn near perfectly, and I didn't have to get under the house and run ethernet or futz around with Powerline adapters!