Question Wireless bridge problem - - -SSID not broadcasting ?

[Norjak71]

So im trying to make a bridge for my oculus quest to connect to using virtual desktop. I have one router connected to the modem upstairs, and one wireless which was set up as a bridge. I turned off the wi-fi and connected my bridge to my pc with ethernet and it worked great, fast, as it should, but when I turn on my wifi, i get zero connection, like its still trying to connect to the router upstairs, and it doesnt see the bridge that i made.

However, it works great on my PC connecting with ethernet and being wireless from the upstairs router. Am I missing a step? It wont show up anywhere and its still asking to connect to the upstairs router, when i want to be able to see the bridge i have to connect too from downstairs. Ive tried everything. Any help?

cannot see it anywhere on my wifi, i set them up as "kitchenrouter" and "bedroomBRIDGE" and the only one available is "kitchenrouter" i did change the name, i gave it its own password, but yet when i go to connect, only kitchenrouter is available, but yet im able to connect to the bridge through ethernet to my PC while my wi-fi is off, but it says "ASUS_28" on the network. KitchenRouter is not the network used thats the wifi apparently and the ethernet just made a new name. But neither asus_28 nor my bridge will show on the wifi. Just the router upstairs with a weak connection.

Im using two asus routers, same model, and neither my phone nor tablet/pc will recognize the bridge. only one "kitchenrouter" shows up in wifi, with a very weak signal downstairs. Do i need to do something in change adapter settings? or am i missing a key step?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

 

[bill001g]

What is your actual goal.

Are you trying to setup another completely separate network so devices can connect directly to your pc or are you trying to do something else.

There are 2 types of bridge mode. The most common is better called AP mode. In that mode the device acts as a server and allows devices to connect to it. The other mode is called client-bridge. In that mode you are basically using the device as a wifi nic card that is connected via ethenet rather than say a USB cable. It would allow you to connect to your main router when your pc does not have a wifi card. It does not transmit any kind of SSID it only connects to other ones.

If you are trying to run AP mode I am unsure why you can not see the SSID. Try running the second router in the default router mode and be sure you can see the new wifi network. The only difference between router mode and AP mode is they are turning off the DHCP server and you can use the WAN port as a extra lan port.

 

[Norjak71]

What is your actual goal.

Are you trying to setup another completely separate network so devices can connect directly to your pc or are you trying to do something else.

There are 2 types of bridge mode. The most common is better called AP mode. In that mode the device acts as a server and allows devices to connect to it. The other mode is called client-bridge. In that mode you are basically using the device as a wifi nic card that is connected via ethenet rather than say a USB cable. It would allow you to connect to your main router when your pc does not have a wifi card. It does not transmit any kind of SSID it only connects to other ones.

If you are trying to run AP mode I am unsure why you can not see the SSID. Try running the second router in the default router mode and be sure you can see the new wifi network. The only difference between router mode and AP mode is they are turning off the DHCP server and you can use the WAN port as a extra lan port.

So I put my asus router that is downstairs in 'bridge mode' -- so is that why its not broadcasting an ssid? Yes my main goal is because my router is upstairs and i didnt want a cheap wireless repeater or anything with a lot of latency or lag spikes, Whenever I put it into 'router mode' yes i can see the other ssid but that does me no good since its in router mode. Im guessing you're about to tell me I should put it in AP mode instead and it should broadcast the (seperate) ssid whatever i choose? Will both the router and the AP mode show up seperately if i do this, being able to use my quest downstairs to connect with the AP downstairs that will connect to the router upstairs?

Last question, am I able to connect the wireless AP to my PC downstairs with an ethernet port for a faster connection or will it not matter?

I also have a THIRD router that i could use to beef up the signal as well, acting as a middle man, but I want to get t he main configuration down first, will this work?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Start by listing model names of all your network devices

routers,​

modems,​

switches,​

access points.​

Then draw a network diagram, to show, how everything is connected
and write down IP addresses of all interfaces on all devices.
Upload your drawing to imgur.com and post link to it.

 

[bill001g]

It sound more like you ARE trying to use a repeater. A router is no better or less than a repeater they all suffer the same issues.
Most asus routers you can place in repeater mode.

You basically have 3 options..well 4 if include router mode.
You can run it as a repeater.
You can run it as a AP
you can run it as a client-bridge.

When you run as a AP it doesn't matter if you main router exists or not. This purely creates a new wifi network. Now if you were to run a long ethenet cable to the main router then it would act as a extension of your main router.

When you run as a client-bridge it basically acts a wireless nic card that you connect to your pc with ethernet.

Best option might be to run a ethenet cable from your main router as far as you can and then run the second router as a AP. Otherwise if you have to run repeater mode you need to place it someplace 1/2 way between where it can get good signal from the main router and still be able to have good coverage of the remote room. This is extremely tricky to find this location in a house since doors/wall/ceiling etc can greatly affect the signals. You do not though ever place the repeater in the remote room it will get the same poor signal from the router and in effect make it worse.