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R6330 bridge mode

Husk25
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R6330 bridge mode

I have an R7000 connected to a cable modem and both are working fine.  I now want to use an R6330 as a bridge to several wired-only devices.  When I configure the R6330 as a bridge (in advanced settings), it does not disable the radios by default.  Shouldn't those radios in the R6330 be disabled just to minimize the SSIDs floating around? 

 

Also, when I hockup the R6330, I'm getting some IP address conflicts.  Not sure why that is happening since I haven't changed any settings in the R7000 and, if I understand "bridge mode" correctly, the R6330 shouldn't be acting as a DHCP server.

 

Thoughts on either are appreciated.

Model: R6300v1|Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router - 802.11ac
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antinode
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Re: R6330 bridge mode

> [...] When I configure the R6330 as a bridge (in advanced settings),
> it does not disable the radios by default. [...]

 

   You determined this how, exactly?

 

> [...] Shouldn't those radios in the R6330 be disabled just to minimize
> the SSIDs floating around?

 

   I'd expect the R6330-as-bridge to use its radio(s) exclusively for
communication with the main router.  Do you see it doing anything else?
Can you get a wireless device connected to it when it's in that mode?

 

> Also, when I hockup the R6330, [...]

 

   How, exactly, is what, exactly, connected to what, exactly?

 

> [...] I'm getting some IP address conflicts. Not sure why that is
> happening [...]


   I can beat that.  I don't even know what it means.  What, exactly,
"conflicts" with what, exactly?

 

> [...] if I understand "bridge mode" correctly, the R6330 shouldn't be
> acting as a DHCP server.

 

   Right.  It should behave as a (stupid) network switch with a wireless
link to the main router.

 

   Does the R6330-as-bridge appear in an Attached Devices report on the
main router?  Any of the client devices which are connected to the
R6330-as-bridge?

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