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Can the Nighthawk D7000 be put into Bridge Mode
Hi,
My wired network is in a new location in my house away from the phone socket but all the wired devices are together in the same location. What I would like to do is position my Nighthawk next to the wired network to act as the router for the wired network devices. I would like to put my ISP router/modem next to the phone socket for the internet connection. My thinking is I could put the Nighthawk D7000 into bridge mode to act as a router only and wirelessly bridge to the ISP modem for the internet connection. There seems to be only an option to make the Nighthawk to act as modem/router or modem only but not as router only. Can some one advise if the D7000 can be used in this way?
Thanks in advance.
David
dave00 wrote:
I was hoping i could wirelessly bridge them: use my D7000 as the primary network router/wireless access point and use my ISP's device simply as the modem.
Bridge mode usually refers to wired connections. What you want is a wifi repeater.
Not all routers can do that. A modem is even less likely to work. A handful of Netgear's devices, mostly older stuff, do have this feature. The D7000 doesn't seem to be one of them.
The only option that I can think of is to use Powerline Ethernet to connect the old modem/router to the new modem. I wouldn't know how much speed you would lose over the Powerline. Probably less than the repeater option.
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dave00 wrote:
There seems to be only an option to make the Nighthawk to act as modem/router or modem only but not as router only. Can some one advise if the D7000 can be used in this way?Look at the back of the modem/router.
See the red internet socket? Plug into the modem from that. Bingo.
First, though, turn off the router bit of the ISP's modem/router.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your reply. This solution would involve running a very long cable from my ISP wireless modem/router at the phone socket to my D7000 at the other end of the room - which is what i'm trying to avoid. I was hoping i could wirelessly bridge them: use my D7000 as the primary network router/wireless access point and use my ISP's device simply as the modem.
Thanks,
David
dave00 wrote:
I was hoping i could wirelessly bridge them: use my D7000 as the primary network router/wireless access point and use my ISP's device simply as the modem.
Bridge mode usually refers to wired connections. What you want is a wifi repeater.
Not all routers can do that. A modem is even less likely to work. A handful of Netgear's devices, mostly older stuff, do have this feature. The D7000 doesn't seem to be one of them.
The only option that I can think of is to use Powerline Ethernet to connect the old modem/router to the new modem. I wouldn't know how much speed you would lose over the Powerline. Probably less than the repeater option.