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X10 in Bridge Mode
Can someone tell me what do I give up or gain by setting my Netgear router to 'Bridge Mode.' I have (Verizon) Fios and their Modem/Router (Quantum) for my internet, tv and phone service. Right now th...
you're basically running them in double NAT. Here's a little info on it.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
Putting your X10 in bridge mode removes this problem.
https://kb.netgear.com/24105/What-is-bridge-mode-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Thanks for the input. Sorry if my inquiry was vague. I looked at the manual, and the difference between 'AP' mode and 'Bridge' mode, seems confusing still.
I have quite a few devices as wired, using the six ethernet ports on the X10, plus my Netgear S8000 switch and its six ports. I have about 20 - 23 devices on my network altogether. I just want to be able to keep as many things connected as 'wired' as I can, when I remove the double NAT situation.
> [...] I looked at the manual, and the difference between 'AP' mode
> and 'Bridge' mode, seems confusing still.
Which "the manual"? As previously suggested, the pictures in the
R7000 User Manual might help.
A wireless access point uses a cable connection to the main router,
and serves wireless client devices in its neighborhood. An R9000 in
bridge mode uses a wireless connection to the main router, and serves
wired client devices in its neighborhood.
> [...] I just want to be able to keep as many things connected as
> 'wired' as I can, when I remove the double NAT situation.
The six LAN Ethernet ports on the R9000-as-WAP should still work.
(Or, as the R9000 User manual refers to them, "Ethernet ports 1-4".
Even a tool as valuable as copy+paste can be over-used.) And, you could
always add another (or bigger) switch, if needed.
Thanks for the clarification. I talked with a Verizon Tech earlier, who walked me through setting the Fios router as a passthrough only, to my Netgear router, so it (Netgear) would have a static ip and would assign ip addresses to my devices. I'm happy with this solution. This should take care of the double NAT problem.
Iceman64 wrote:
Thanks for the clarification. I talked with a Verizon Tech earlier, who walked me through setting the Fios router as a passthrough only, to my Netgear router, so it (Netgear) would have a static ip and would assign ip addresses to my devices. I'm happy with this solution. This should take care of the double NAT problem.
Could you explain what the tech had you do?
Sorry, I don't remember everything he had me do. I believe changing the DMZ HOST to 'enabled' for the Netgear router ipv4 address was one thing. And we disabled the 2.4 and 5 ghz wireless access points. Sorry I can't be more helpful.