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tkvoice
Feb 02, 2026Aspirant
R7450 Bridge Mode Configuration
I am new to Bridge Mode I have a R7450 router and have managed to place it in bridge mode. I chose to connect to 5GHz SSID on another WiFi router and got it to connect. Wired devices connected to ...
tkvoice
Feb 03, 2026Aspirant
Yup I get how NG built the Bridging mode and all I am saying is that they could have put a lot more thought into it as they have basically bricked the radio that is not being used.
Just to put this in context and prove that the ability to do more is easily achievable. Years ago (5-7 years) I bought a cheap Chinese RS232 wifi adapter (Elfin EW10a) for under $10 brand new delivered. I was so impressed that a tiny cheap device could have an independent WiFi Server and Client running simultaneously. This little device could actually be connected as a client to your home wifi router and the device itself was serving and additional wifi server so you could connect directly to it for using another wifi device. It only had 1 2.4GHz radio but the Chinese figured out how to do both(server & client) at the same time using 1 radio. Point is the technology on the NG router is there it just a better firmware to add more features.
FURRYe38
Feb 03, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Maybe however maybe NG didn't want to do that or can't. Lots more behind the scenes than just making stuff work willy nilly. It's NGs stuff and how they run there business.