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R6220 as bridge
Since it seems like noone is able to answer this in a concrete way, I'm close to throw this piece of xx out the window right away, but let me give it one last chance. Setting: I have a wifi route...
Trokkedet wrote:
Setting: I have a wifi router from my ISP. The R6220 is supposed to be able to operate as a bridge.
The only "bridge" that appears in the manual for the R6220 is a "Bridge for a VLAN Tag Group". Is that what you want?
Trokkedet wrote:
This is how simple it is to configure a competitor: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/702/
That link goes to a page for a TP-LINK wifi extender. That's not a router. An extender is, almost by definition, a "wireless bridge". It sits as a "bridge" between a router's wifi and wifi clients.
Some routers offer a "bridge mode". That includes quite a few of Netgear's routers, including the R6200 and R6250. Sadly, your downmarket Netgear R6220 router is one of a few that lacks that feature. Did you check that before you bought the thing?
You can though, use the R6220 it as a Wireless Access Point.
Trokkedet wrote:
PS: The Netgear support must be the biggest joke ever. They reject to answer to questions, and leave it for a forum with no quality control? I've found answers like: "The R6220 doesn't have that feature" and "You can just put the first router more centrally".
There is nothing wrong with those answers. The first one may disappoint you but it is spot on. The second is also a good answer for some problems.