XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-09 19:18, Marian wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> 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 telef�nica, then added   
   >> a few things, like my SSID/Password, dhcp range to use, what ports I   
   >> want translated, etc.   
   >   
   > Thanks for letting us know, as bridge mode isn't something most of us have   
   > used frequently, although I've set up routers as bridges when I have a   
   > desktop that doesn't have a Wi-Fi card but which only has an RJ45 port.   
   >   
   > 1. The Windows 10 PC "thinks" it's using the Ethernet port.   
   > 2. But that is connected to the router which is set up as a bridge.   
   > 3. Then the router bridges to the Wi-Fi access point far away from the PC.   
   >   
   > It's been a while and people like Char Jackson know this stuff way better   
   > than I do, but bridges do "funny things" sometimes.   
   > As far as I can figure out, in my situation with a desktop & bridge   
   > 1. My PC sees only a wired Ethernet connection.   It has no concept of   
   > Wi-Fi SSIDs or BSSIDs because it's not running   
   >    through a Wi-Fi NIC driver.   
   >   
   > 2. The bridge router acts as a wireless client to the upstream Wi-Fi   
   > access point. It associates with the AP using the AP's SSID and BSSID,   
   >    just like a laptop would.   
   >   
   > 3. On the Ehernet side of the bridge, it appears to be a standard   
   > Ethernet   interface to the PC. It does not expose the SSID/BSSID to the   
   > wired   client as the PC can see only MAC-level Ethernet frames.   
   >   
   > Nowadays I use a USB dongle as the Wi-Fi to the Windows 10 PC.   
   > It acts differently than the bridge did because the USB Wi-Fi dongle acts   
   > as a Wi-Fi NIC.   
   >   
   > So I haven't used bridges in a while and I never really understood them.   
      
   Wow.   
      
   Honesty from Arlen!   
      
   You "never really understood them"...   
      
   ...but set them up anyway?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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