XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-08 03:14, Marian wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> I agree with Char Jackson, who has helped me over the years to set up old   
   >>> Linksys & Netgear routers on DD-WRT as bridges (and as bridge repeaters).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It is simple if someone takes the effort of describing what you have to   
   >> configure in the new router. Not that easy if you have to reverse   
   >> engineer the old router and it has no comments nor help. Just the   
   >> obscure short name of a setting.   
   >   
   > I must exclaim that I AGREE with Carlos, since I never disagree with   
   > anyone, no matter who they are, who presents a logically sensible view.   
   >   
   > We've all struggled to understand what a given switch meant when setting up   
   > a router, where I remember, I even struggled when I moved into the   
   > mountains to figure out which port of a POE goes to the radio versus   
   > router. After scores of POEs, over time, we forget we had to learn it.   
   >   
   > However...   
   >   
   > There is one really good thing that came up only in the last year or so.   
   > You can now ask AI/LLM how to set up your router & it will help you do it.   
   >   
   >>> In all those years, I haven't explicitly run into VLANs but implicitly many   
   >>> guest networks and repeater bridges make use of VLANs as far as I'm aware.   
   >>   
   >> Nothing implicit. One VLAN is for the phone land line, another is for   
   >> TV, another is for internet (my guess).   
   >>   
   >> This is just a small part of what my router calls:   
   >>   
   >> Network Setting   
   >>    Bridging Setup   
   >>      Bridging   
   >>      Filtering   
   >>      Marking   
   >>   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/7c7fef46eaef   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/9acdc9974acd   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/88d9c37538af   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/1aece5657e7a   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/872479cefbdb   
   >> https://paste.opensuse.org/a827cc71d713   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> just try to explain what that does. A mistake, and my phone stops   
   >> working. And there are maybe hundreds of screens like that.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> No, I am not actually interested. It is just an example of why I say   
   >> that the setup of my router by the ISP is complex.   
   >   
   > The RTF8225VW Router Smart WiFi 6 Go is Movistar's latest   
   > Askey-manufactured router whose configuration guide is here.   
   >      
      
   That's the normal user setup (which I already know), it doesn't explain   
   anything about the non documented setup of things like those in the   
   photos I posted above. There are hundreds of non documented settings   
   needed to adapt a generic router to work for them.   
      
      
   >   
   > The bridge mode support apparently lets you connect a neutral router (like   
   > TP-Link or Asus) to manage your network, avoiding double NAT.   
   >      
      
   Sure.   
      
   >   
   > Moviestart can push the firmware updates if you don't want to do it.   
   >      
   >   
   > You appear to be using bridge mode which is optional.   
   > a. Advanced Settings > Internet > Bridge Mode.   
   > b. Then connect your home router to the RTF8225VW.   
      
      
   No, I am not using bridge mode. I'm using the normal default mode as it   
   comes out of the box, prepared to work with telefónica, then added a few   
   things, like my SSID/Password, dhcp range to use, what ports I want   
   translated, etc.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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