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furbyland
Mar 22, 2022Aspirant
Router Model R7800 Will NOT Bridge to Other routers
I am trying to use my R7800 as a bridge router in my network. My Primary router is a SNAP-AV Araknis 301. Not matter what, I cannot get the R7800 to config into bridge mode. Using dynamic IP it ne...
furbyland
Mar 22, 2022Aspirant
Thank you for your reply. I will take a look at that on my end. Do I understand that the R7800 (bridged router) will allow connections from devices to its radio (i.e. wireless), or will only the wired ports on the R7800 be available? There was some confusion on that reading several random posts I stumbled upon in my searches. Thank you again. Mike
FURRYe38
Mar 22, 2022Guru - Experienced User
furbyland wrote:
Thank you for your reply. I will take a look at that on my end. Do I understand that the R7800 (bridged router) will allow connections from devices to its radio (i.e. wireless), or will only the wired ports on the R7800 be available? When in wireless bridge mode, only wired devices connected to the back LAN ports get access. The wireless radios don't provide any wireless access to wireless devices when in wireless bridge mode. There was some confusion on that reading several random posts I stumbled upon in my searches. Thank you again. Mike