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Help! I'm confused with bridge mode vs AP mode.
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1794381" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>The various router modes have not a lot to do with bandwidth but more about how the data is routed. So in bridge mode, the router that bridged basically says I'm just a conduit for all the traffic to someone above them and will just blindly forward. This means that you don't end up with a whole new network for the devices. If you are in AP/router modes then you end up with a whole new network that needs to be forwarded to the upstream router.</p><p></p><p>So for extending networks, you ideally want bridge mode so that the router will use it's WiFi access to get new devices onto a single network.</p><p></p><p>This should have no impact on bandwidth in any way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1794381, member: 110816"] The various router modes have not a lot to do with bandwidth but more about how the data is routed. So in bridge mode, the router that bridged basically says I'm just a conduit for all the traffic to someone above them and will just blindly forward. This means that you don't end up with a whole new network for the devices. If you are in AP/router modes then you end up with a whole new network that needs to be forwarded to the upstream router. So for extending networks, you ideally want bridge mode so that the router will use it's WiFi access to get new devices onto a single network. This should have no impact on bandwidth in any way. [/QUOTE]
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