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R8500 wireless bridge setup
Which of the two 5ghz band is the best or recommended one to use when setting up a wireless bridge on another R8500 router? Is it the first 5GHZ or the second 5GHZ SSID and PASSWORD?
...finally got it working, can now log on to the wireless bridge router with static address, after having done multiple time of 'factory reseting' the router. Just for curiosity, factory resetting a router a few or multiple times, will it cause damage to the router?
Both R8500 routers have the same latest firmware, version 1.0.2.54.
Try to isolate. Swap out the 2 R8500 and see if it will give you the same behavior when the other one is configured as wireless bridge.
Then if you get the same, perhaps that's how it is.
...finally got it working, can now log on to the wireless bridge router with static address, after having done multiple time of 'factory reseting' the router. Just for curiosity, factory resetting a router a few or multiple times, will it cause damage to the router?
No, it doesn't.
I've been resetting mine for a couple of times due to testing.
Another way to reset is to use the Erase button from the admin page.
It's the same as pushing the reset button.