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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 then also acts as an access point and broadcasts my SSIDs--prefrably on both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz (though I realize this would require a virtual AP that I bet Netgear doesn't support).
If not, then I'll just go with Tomato or DD-WRT, as I've used those in the past for such exercises. Thank you!
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!
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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!
