XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   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.   
       
      
   The bridge mode support apparently lets you connect a neutral router (like   
   TP-Link or Asus) to manage your network, avoiding double NAT.   
       
      
   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.   
      
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