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R6400v2 in bridge mode having issues with R6080 as primary connected to modem
Hello, I'm having a very difficult time with trying to set up my R6400v2 in Bridge Mode, connecting it wirelessly to the R6080, which is connected to my cable modem. The short story is that it woul...
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Additional finding...almost completely negates everything I wrote above...almost.
So, I found that if I do not plug any other devices into the Bridge (R6400v2), and just let it sit there idle and connected to the R6080 on whatever band, all other devices connected wirelessly to the R6080 on the same band are connected and have internet access. Everything looks normal until I plug a device into the Bridge using an ethernet cable.
Sitting idle, I can see the R6400v2 is connected to the R6080 and has Good Internet status. It sees three devices: the R6080 at 192.168.1.1, and my two other PC's at 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.6.
When I plug my laptop into the R6400v2 using an ethernet cable, the other two PC's lose internet connectivity, though they still show as connected (wireless adapter shows "connected, no internet"). The status for the Bridge now says "No Internet".
If I connect these other two PC's to the opposite band, they will both connect and have internet access.
Here is what the R6080 sees before pluggin in a laptop to the R6400v2:
After this test, I forced the R6400v2 IP to be 192.168.1.100 from the R6080 LAN settings to see if it would make a difference. It did not. So, it don't be confused by that IP in the next shot, which is the R6080 view after plugging my laptop into the R6400 in a subsequent test:
There you see the laptop (MAV2012-PC) and that interesting unidentified mystery MAC address.
Here is the view from the R6400 at this time.
Note that the mystery MAC address is actually the R6080 MAC address. I don't know if that's normal to see, or something isn't set right.
So, the gist of all of this is that when I plug a device into the Bridge, it breaks the internet for the band that the bridge is connected to. The other band remains unaffected. And attempts to ping the device I've connected to the bridge are inconsistent.
Edit:
Not sure if the pictures are coming out properly. In edit mode, they look fine. After I post them, they look like blank triangles.