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Trying to use the R7000P as a bridge. Having trouble.
Hi All,
Ok, so I have a few iot devices (namely - an Eve Motion and an iDevices Socket) that are not behaving properly with my xfinity xFi router.
The long and the short of it is - because I want to use their wifi extender, I cannot seperate the 2.4 and 5 Ghz wifi signals and those devices really need a dedicated 2.4 Ghz band.
So I bought the R7000P in the hopes of setting it up in bridge mode and then using it to add a dedicated 2.4 Ghz band so that those devices would be happy. Does that make sense?
Having trouble getting that set up correctly. When I change my R7000P to bridge mode, I lose access to the Netgear wifi SSIDs - they just disappear, and I can't seem to get back into the administration screen of the router any more.
Any help would be hugely appreciated!
- Thanx
- Jon
Bridge mode isn't what you think it is.
Bridge mode uses the wireless just for router------router communication. Leaving you only access to the ethernet ports.
If you hardwire the R7000P into the xfi and set the r7000P up in access point mode, it should achieve what you're trying to do. (you'll need to disable smart connect if you want to seperate the bands)
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Bridge mode isn't what you think it is.
Bridge mode uses the wireless just for router------router communication. Leaving you only access to the ethernet ports.
If you hardwire the R7000P into the xfi and set the r7000P up in access point mode, it should achieve what you're trying to do. (you'll need to disable smart connect if you want to seperate the bands)
plemans -> if I use AP mode, I can use the 2.4 Ghz dedicated SSIDs and it will be part of the same subnet as my other AP? When I started setting up the R7000P it WAS in AP mode, and when I looked at the list of clients, I could see all of the devices that were given DHCP addresses from my xfinity AP... That seemed strange.
- Thanx
- Jon
> [...] if I use AP mode, I can use the 2.4 Ghz dedicated SSIDs and it
> will be part of the same subnet as my other AP? [...]Should be. I'd try it.
> [...] When I started setting up the R7000P it WAS in AP mode, [...]
Netgear's set-up wizard tends to do that, in an attempt to be
helpful, when it sees some other router on its WAN/Internet interface.> [...] when I looked at the list of clients, I could see all of the
> devices that were given DHCP addresses from my xfinity AP... That seemed
> strange.Nope. Normal. A wireless access point leaves you with one big LAN;
everyone's on the same subnet. Isn't that's what you wanted?Did you notice that wireless devices which were connected to the
R7000P-as-WAP were classified as "wired" by the main router?
- Factory reset it first to get back into it and re-set it up in access point mode.