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Nighthawk ac1750 bridge mode issue
Hello, I have upgraded the firmware to the latest. I setup the router as a bridge and set the name of my router and password, make sure that all match including the encryption type of my router. After...
could be a DFS channel issue. Is your main router using a DFS channel? If so, change to a non-dfs channel and see if the ac1750 now works/connects.
Hello all, thanks for trying to help! Apparently, the router I have R6900p AC1900 (sorry for the error above) does not support the repeater function. It has only Router, AP and bridge. Flashing another firmware not made for it will not work using the update function. One can flash the R7000 using linux and it appears to work. I am not sure why Netgear does not include this basic function for this router? Because it is not worth the trouble to flash the R7000 firmware on it, I am returning it to Amazon.
Thank you all.
hydrocynus wrote:
I am not sure why Netgear does not include this basic function for this router?#
Perhaps because it is not a "basic function" for a router. More like something that only a specialist would expect.
Anyone wanting that function would probably look for something designed with it in mind. Netgear makes a bunch of wireless extenders for that sort of thing.
The R6900P, on the other hand, is a pretty basic router in the Netgear range. So you don't get the fancy bells and whistles that justify charging a higher price.
