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Pfsense Nighthawk R6990P
I want to start off with the fact that I am not a network engineer. With that said I would like to use PFsense as a firewall connected to my NightHawk 6900P router. I have not purchased PFsense becau...
> I am trying to determine if it will work in my current network
> configuration using my current router.
I know nothing about your "my current network configuration" or your
"my current router".
> I haven't changed my routers configuration yet but it has three modes:
> router mode, access point mode and bridge mode.
> What, exactly, does "Bridge mode" mean to you? [...]
Still a mystery.
> I would like to maintain as much feature functionality as I can with
> my Netgear router. I.e. guest network, DHCP server, armor protection,
< Port forwarding etc. etc. [...]
Those are all router functions; they don't work in non-router modes.
> https://kb.netgear.com/26765
Did you read it?
> [...] I should've qualified it with either AP mode or bridge mode.
> Which ever one will keep the most functionality of my router.
That doesn't answer the question.
> Is "Spectrum Modem" a simple modem, or a modem+router, or what,
> exactly?
Also still a mystery. This whole Q&A thing often works better if
every Q gets an A. Look for "?".
Thank you for your responses, but you're not really helping as I have supplied a picture and all the detail I can to this point. I understand you don't have any experience with the netgate firewall router, but your response/questions do not really address the information I am looking for.