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XFinity Router - Enable Bridge Mode or Not
My Xfinity modem/router crapped out over the weekend. I was able to grab a replacement at a Verizon store. I have a Gig connection. I have always set the Xfinity box to bridge mode and, of course, ca...
its perfectly fine to do. I would recommend putting the R9000 in AP mode so that you don't have a double nat issue on your network.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
Also, I'd recommend seperating out the wifi channels between the 2 routers so they don't create interference with each other.
so for 2.4ghz. put one on 1-6-11 and the other router on one of the other 2 channels.
for 5ghz, i'd recommend one router on the higher channels and one on the lower channels.