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#114570 23-Feb-2013 20:34
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Hi there,

I have two wireless routers both of huawei of models : B683 & B970b i have two printers connected to the B970b one which i wanna access which being connected to the B683 i tried bridging as i googled it and but in the B683 router the option of access point and bridging isnt there where as in B970b one the option exists when i am changing the selection from access point to Bridge the wireless router B970b no more shows in the internet connectivity menu however which isnt the same case with the B683 router.


However i cannot bridge the B970b with B683 as i access internet from B970b where as i want to bridge the B683 to B970b such that the B683 no-more is an access point.

i even tried changing the Default gateway of the BG683 to 192.168.1.2 by keeping 192.168.1.1 ip of BG970b.
the only way around comes into my mind is swapping the sim card of both the routers and the B970b as bridge to B683 as the sim would be swapped i would be able to access internet from B683.however it would be starting from the scratch can anybody suggest me some other work around please....

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Amer

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  #775384 6-Mar-2013 04:48
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Hi, yes you can bridge these, I assume you have a cat5e or cat6 cable connecting between these. Simply turn the DHCP server on the 2nd router (right one in you picture) off, and connect it to the first router via one of its lan ports, in other words connect a lan port of the first router to a lan port of the second router, nothing connects to the Wan port of the 2nd router.

To make managing the 2nd router easier it is useful to make its Lan port address within the subnet of the first router, but outside its DHCP pool.

Cyril

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