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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 ...
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)
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?Hi All,
Well - I'm getting closer to a working solution!
So I have the R7000P connected as an additional AP, and I've got the 2.4 Ghz radio enabled and the troublesome devices connected and its all good when I'm on the 2.4 Ghz network. I turned off the 5 Ghz radio as I don't want to use it.
However - when I switch to my xFi wifi, I seem to lose connectivity to those iot devices...
Is there some additional setting that might be hosing me here? Everything is set to default other than turning off that 5 Ghz radio...
- Thanx again!
- Jon