Wi-Fi Mesh Not Allowing Bridge Mode

[Lost_Creativity]

So recently I've been having a few issues with internet at home (constant latency spikes for no explicable reason) and have become quite frustrated with it, I searched for awhile and came across a post somewhere saying check for this setting and make sure its enabled but going to my routers settings to enable bridge mode, I come across this and it won't let me just simply enable it. I've been through Comcasts live chat, phone tech support and its just the same old song and dance from them with no real solution. Any idea what I could do to enable this again?

 

[gasaraki]

Bridge Mode and Wi-Fi mesh network do not work at the same time.

 

[Lost_Creativity]

Bridge Mode and Wi-Fi mesh network do not work at the same time.

How could I turn Wi-Fi mesh off? It seemed to have just randomly happened last weekend, don't know if it was my doing or what.

 

[bill001g]

First test is to try a ethernet cable directly to the main router. It could be a issue with the internet connection itself.

Trouble shooting wifi is almost magic because the problems come and go. The concept of "mesh" only applys if you have multiple wifi boxes in your house. If you only have the router then it is simple wifi. Mesh system from google or whoever are form of wireless repeaters. The more radio signals you have the more exposure you have to interference. You never really know if the problem is between your PC and one of the units or between the units.

 

[Lost_Creativity]

First test is to try a ethernet cable directly to the main router. It could be a issue with the internet connection itself.

Trouble shooting wifi is almost magic because the problems come and go. The concept of "mesh" only applys if you have multiple wifi boxes in your house. If you only have the router then it is simple wifi. Mesh system from google or whoever are form of wireless repeaters. The more radio signals you have the more exposure you have to interference. You never really know if the problem is between your PC and one of the units or between the units.

Sorry for the late response I was not home for a few days. I cant connect my PC to my router via Ethernet because my house was built quite awhile ago and the router has to be situated in a single spot not really easy to access without a bunch of drilling and fishing. I could try getting a laptop or another portable device and set up ethernet temporarily to test it. However I am confused as to why the Wi-Fi would be meshed as we only use that one router in the home and nothing else so I am just unsure at the moment. The problem seemed to have arisen once bridge mode was de-activated, I don't know if that's just coincidence or its actually the issue potentially at play. I apologize as I do not really understand networking or Wi-Fi at all.

 

[bill001g]

If you only have a one router then you can't set it to bridge mode. There are 2 forms of bridge mode. The first is for units that also contain a modem. In those devices putting it in bridge mode makes it run as only a modem. In units where you have a separate modem and router putting the router into bridge mode make it into a AP. A AP is a simple wireless device that more or less coverts ethernet to wifi.

You MUST have a router function in your house so if you were to set it to either form of bridge mode you would no longer have a router and in best case only a single device would work.

I suspect you may have be looking at something that does not apply.

You could use a laptop on a short cable...you could also run a long cable across the floor for a short time to just test also.

The key reason to test ethernet is you need to see if the problem is in the WiFi or maybe the internet. In some ways it would be better if it was the internet since it tends to be easier to fix than wifi.

Wifi problems are almost always due to interference from signals outside your house. There is little you can actually do to solve that. You only options are to try to avoid it. It is the standard try other radio channels and maybe set the router to use only 20mhz channels instead of 40...or 80 if you are running 802.11ac

 

[Lost_Creativity]

If you only have a one router then you can't set it to bridge mode. There are 2 forms of bridge mode. The first is for units that also contain a modem. In those devices putting it in bridge mode makes it run as only a modem. In units where you have a separate modem and router putting the router into bridge mode make it into a AP. A AP is a simple wireless device that more or less coverts ethernet to wifi.

You MUST have a router function in your house so if you were to set it to either form of bridge mode you would no longer have a router and in best case only a single device would work.

I suspect you may have be looking at something that does not apply.

You could use a laptop on a short cable...you could also run a long cable across the floor for a short time to just test also.

The key reason to test ethernet is you need to see if the problem is in the WiFi or maybe the internet. In some ways it would be better if it was the internet since it tends to be easier to fix than wifi.

Wifi problems are almost always due to interference from signals outside your house. There is little you can actually do to solve that. You only options are to try to avoid it. It is the standard try other radio channels and maybe set the router to use only 20mhz channels instead of 40...or 80 if you are running 802.11ac

After temporarily moving my PC downstairs to the router and plugging it in, it seemed to be fine to me. No issues to speak of. Now I am uncertain what it would be at this point. Idk if this helps or not but we currently use and ARRIS TG1682G as our modem, which to my understanding is also a router.

 

[bill001g]

All you likely can do is try other radio channels. You should also see if connecting on the 2.4g band runs better or worse than connecting on 5g.

If it still has issues your best option likely is to buy a pair of powerline network devices. The av2 based ones like av2-1200 work much better than the older models. If you have to have wifi in the remote end you could plug a AP into the powerline or there are powerline units with wifi radios in the remote powerline unit.