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R8000/R7900: No Wireless Bridge Mode?
Surprised to see that there is no bridge mode option in R7900/R8000 admin settings. The only feature that's available is the Wireless AP mode. Is this correct? Am I missing something? Even on the...
Hi ZackM,
It is how bridge mode works. The router when set to bridge mode connects to the main router via wireless. The purpose for bridge mode is for wired devices connects wireless via the router. For more info you may check the KB below.
https://kb.netgear.com/24105/What-is-bridge-mode-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Nighthawk-router
It was a surprise to me as well as I was expecting the R8000 to be an improvement of the R7000. We purchase 3 of these units for the sole purpose of creating a bridge between 2 physical segments.
I did find a way around the issue by uploading the dd-wrt firmware http://dd-wrt.com and configured bridge mode using the dd-wrt firmware.
Here is a list of support devices;
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
can you tell me what exact fw you used? I have a second R8000 that I would like to use as a repeater but the DDWRT from Kong seems to have issues with this mode bricking it based on the myopenrouter website.
i tried to use dd-wrt, to make R8000 a range extender. But I can't find the settings that work in the WRT UI.
The general instructions are in their article, Repeater Bridge.
