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Good afternoon everyone!
So recently purchased a Nighthawk AX3000, hooked it up to my router and everything went well but recently saw something about "bridging" so question for everyone is what are the pros and cons for bridging them? and whats the right method on going about this? |
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Bridging would be good if you have dead zones in your house. It will boost connectivity, kind of act as a repeater would function. It will also prevent connectivity dips.
To bridge the 2 routers you must do it by ethernet. You would need info from your router which you are wanting to bridge with. Most of the info you need is accessed by logging into your router settings. I'm not sure how familiar you are with networking as bridging 2 routers can cause issues with your devices as each router will have it's own NAT which can cause communication problems depending on what devices you use at home. Again, this can be bypassed by disabling DHCP on your non primary router. But if you want a step by step feel free to message me as it falls down to what your internet settings are like |
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Hypomnesia wrote Bridging would be good if you have dead zones in your house. It will boost connectivity, kind of act as a repeater would function. It will also prevent connectivity dips. I have no dead zones really. Just needed more of a boost in speed and all that but noticed when i test my NAT in my consoles i get some kind of double nat message. I forgot since I'm not home so i googled that which lead me to bridging |
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Pro's of AP Mode / Network Bridging
Full throughput on all Gigabit ports and Wireless No obstructions to decrease performance Uses a router which has more power than a repeater Safer Better range of wireless "extension" Cons of AP Mode / Network Bridging Cost, required to buy a second router Must run a Ethernet cable to the second router from the main Pros of Wireless Repeating or Wireless Extenders Form Factor, plugs into a wall (if using a wall wart repeater) No need for ethernet cables Cons of Wireless Repeating or Wireless Extender Price, to extend your network you're looking at around $50/repeater Less secure, all information is broadcasted back to the main router Obstruction galore, decreased performance. Decreased throughput of Gigabit ports and Wireless Range. |
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ah hello yes my time in in networking is finally about to pay off!!!
bridging isnt really used much sad to say however it is nichely useful for duplicating a network like connecting a usb to ethernet adapter to siphon the internet connection of a 2006 dell optiplex cus you didnt have a router that would broadcast wifi back then so you bridged the network and gave half of it to your xbox 360 to play black ops zombies with your mates |
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