Changing the operating mode of an Edimax router/AP/bridge/etc

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#302828 24-Dec-2022 23:38

I've been trying to set up, for a neighbour, an Edimax all-in-one router/AP/bridge/cuisinart/potato peeler to provide WiFi network access to a device with only a wired ethernet jack. In order to do that you have to switch it from router/AP mode to WiFi bridge mode. Problem is that there doesn't appear to be any way to do this, in the config page you go to "switch mode" and it does a factory reset, then tells you to run the setup wizard to choose the mode you want to run it in. However the setup wizard automatically goes into router/AP setup, there's no way to switch to anything else.

Is there some magic I'm missing here, or is the software on this broken?

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#3013898 25-Dec-2022 16:55

Another option I've considered is powerline ethernet off Trademe, I'm trying to minimise the financial outlay for them and they had this Edimax from... somewhere that I thought I could repurpose, but there doesn't seem to be any way to reconfigure it into any of its other modes. So alternative suggestions for the cheapest way to link up a wired device in a non-wired house would be welcome.

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#3013901 25-Dec-2022 16:59

Did you check for newer firmware??

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#3013903 25-Dec-2022 17:06

Spyware:
Did you check for newer firmware??

On an Edimax device?

For those who aren't familiar with how Edimax operate, their firmware is always V1.0. They release different hardware versions of a device, so you'll get an ABC123 version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4, all different (physically as well as electronically) and with different firmware, but never updated firmware for the same device.

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#3013904 25-Dec-2022 17:20

Based on above discussion, use another device, life is too short to waste time on kit that was never intended to do stuff you hoped it would.

Personally, I would use Mikrotik, it will do what you want with little effort but a bug investment in education. But maybe that's a mission too far

Good luck

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#3013905 25-Dec-2022 17:21

cyril7: Based on above discussion, use another device, life is too short to waste time on kit that was never intended to do stuff you hoped it would.

Personally, I would use Mikrotik, it will do what you want with little effort but a big investment in education. But maybe that's a mission too far

Good luck

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#3013906 25-Dec-2022 17:36

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