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R7000in bridge mode
I am using an R7000 in bridge mode for extended wi-fi (with an R8000 as the primary router). Does anyone know if the wired ports are still live on the 7000 or does bridge mode disable them ? (Yes - I ...
> I am using an R7000 in bridge mode for extended wi-fi [...]
What, exactly, does "bridge mode" mean to you in this context? How
is the R7000 connected to the "primary router" LAN? (Hint: If a device
has different types of Ethernet ports, then "connected to device" is not
enough detail.)
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Set Up the Router as
a WiFi Access Point" and "Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode". Are you
doing one of those? (Which, or what else?)
> [...] Does anyone know if the wired ports are still live on the 7000
> or does bridge mode disable them ? [...]
As Netgear uses the term, "in Bridge Mode", the LAN Ethernet ports
are the _only_ things to which you can connect client devices. If,
instead, you've configured the R7000 as a wireless access point, then
you should be able to connect client devices to it wirelessly or using
its LAN Ethernet ports.
- Thank you. I guess I’m a bit hazy on the terminology. I switched recently from a DSL to a microwave ISP. This is quite a large house so I put in an R8000 and ran a wire from the basement to the attic. The R 8000 wi - fi is in the basement and the R7000 is now in the attic providing wi-fi (with different names) for the upper part of the house. I thought this was called bridge mode but I may be using the wrong name. The R8000 is acting as the router and I was trying to establish if I can use the ports on the R7000 or if in this mode it is suitable for wi-fi only. I think you have answered that the ports are still live and can be used.
- Oh. The Ethernet wire runs from one of the ports on the R8000 to the WAN port on the R7000
> [...] I guess I'm a bit hazy on the terminology. [...]
"bridge mode" essentially means "stupid" (or, more politely,
"simple"), and it's been used by so many people in so many ways that
it's come to mean almost anything (hence, nothing). At least not
without more context.> [...] ran a wire [...]
Sounds like a wireless access point.
> [...] I think you have answered that the ports are still live and can
> be used.I think so too, depending, of course, on exactly what you did to the
R7000. You'll find out when you run the experiment.> [...] The Ethernet wire runs from one of the [LAN?] ports on the R8000
> to the WAN port on the R7000And client devices which are connected to the R7000 get (LAN) IP
addresses on the same subnet as client devices which are connected to
the R8000?And if you point a web browser at the R7000 management web site (at
its new/different LAN IP address, as discovered in an Attached Devices
report on the R8000), it mentions something like "Operation Mode:Access
Point" in yellow in the heading?- Thanks for the info.