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Wireless Ethernet Bridge on Linksys E2500 router
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Wireless Ethernet Bridge on Linksys E2500 router

Setting Up the Primary Router

  1. Change the default gateway of the router to 192.168.1.1 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0
  2. Take note of the Wireless SSID (Name of the WiFi), password and encryption mode (eg. WPA2/Personal TKIP/AES)

Setting Up the Second Router

  1. Navigate to Basic Settings > Network
  2. Go to the category LAN and edit the values. Set the IP address to 192.168.1.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and disable DHCP
  3. Right beneath the LAN settings, input 192.168.1.1 as the Default Gateway and DNS
  4. Go to Wireless category. Change the Wireless mode to Wireless Ethernet Bridge
  5. Input the WiFi SSID and password of the primary router. Configure the correct wireless network and encryption mode the same values you have in the primary router. Hit Save
  6. Navigate to Advanced Settings > Routing
  7. Go to the Miscellaneous category. Make sure the mode is set to Gateway, RIPv1 & V2 disabled and DHCP routes is checked. Save. The DHCP routes is important as it is the way to send all DHCP requests to the primary router (DHCP server)
  8. Navigate to Advanced Settings > Firewall
  9. Go to category NAT and set the NAT loopback to Forwarded Only. Checked Enable SYN cookies. Save. (NAT Loopback: This setting is crucial as you may experience connection problems/unstable router when it is set to All.)

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Guide adapted from this article

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