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remd
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Sep 11, 2022
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Netgear Nighthawk R7000 in Bridge mode + Wireless - Not working anymore

I have setup a R7000 in Bridge mode about 5 years ago and it was working fine including the Wifi network. I need this as I have a PFSense router that handles all settings and ips in the network. I r...
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    remd
    Sep 11, 2022

    thanks for your reply. I am on the latest R7000 firmware, just downloaded it from Netgear. 

    I got it to work, what I needed was the "AP Mode" not the Wireless bridge mode, the naming changed with the firmware update and got me confused. 

    So all good now

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 11, 2022

What FW are you using? 

When the R7000 is in Bridge mode, this mode is a wireless client bridge mode only. Means that the R7000 becomes a wifi client that needs to connect to a source wifi SSID signal. In this mode the R7000 will not broadcast a wifi signal for other devices to connect too. 

 

I have mine in this mode right now and it's working as a client wifi device connected to my main Orbi system. A pc and game console connect to the R7000. 

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remd
Initiate
Sep 11, 2022

thanks for your reply. I am on the latest R7000 firmware, just downloaded it from Netgear. 

I got it to work, what I needed was the "AP Mode" not the Wireless bridge mode, the naming changed with the firmware update and got me confused. 

So all good now