How to wireless bridge cable modem: Motorola sbg6580 to access point/router: Netgear N150

Atit Patel · Jul 13, 2015

Hello. I am not very experienced with wireless bridging. Last time I had a tech support help me. However, I can no longer get help. Can someone please guide me step by step on how to wireless bridge these two devices? Consider me a beginner by the way. I'd greatly appreciate the help. Thank you!

gbb0330 · Jul 13, 2015

make sure the wireless is setup on the motorla, make sure the network name (SSID) is unique and password protected.

log into the Netgear web interface and tell it to connect to the network above.

Atit Patel · Jul 13, 2015

gbb0330 :

The wireless on the Motorola is setup but I am stuck on how to tell the netgear to connect to the network.

gbb0330 · Jul 13, 2015

Atit Patel :

are you able to open the netgear web interface? do you have the CD that came with it?

Atit Patel · Jul 13, 2015

gbb0330 :

Atit Patel :

are you able to open the netgear web interface? do you have the CD that came with it?

I am able to open the netgear Web interface from 192.168.0.100. I don't know what to do next.

gbb0330 · Jul 13, 2015

Atit Patel :

gbb0330 :

I am able to open the netgear Web interface from 192.168.0.100. I don't know what to do next.

I just noticed the Netgear N150 is a wireless router. you are using the wrong device. You need an access point / range extender.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/

Alabalcho · Jul 13, 2015

Looking at WNR1000 N150 manual, I cannot find any reference that it can work as WIreless bridge.

Atit Patel · Jul 13, 2015

gbb0330 :

Atit Patel :

I just noticed the Netgear N150 is a wireless router. you are using the wrong device. You need an access point / range extender.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/

No this netgear n150 is an access point. Sorry if I was unclear. I will link the device I own.
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WN604/WN604_UM_15July2013.pdf

Atit Patel · Jul 13, 2015

Alabalcho :

I'm sorry I was unclear. This is what I own.
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WN604/WN604_UM_15July2013.pdf

gbb0330 · Jul 13, 2015

Atit Patel :

page 50 has a pretty good description of what needs to be done, try it and let us know if you get stuck.

Atit Patel · Jul 14, 2015

gbb0330 :

I followed the directions for page 50. This is exactly what I did:
1. Selected wireless point-to-point bridge
2. Edit-> put in the Remote MAC address of the motorola
3. Save
I also put the netgear's mac address in the motorola under wireless bridging as well. I don't know what else I am missing.
I can share my screen with you if that will be easier.

Atit Patel · Jul 16, 2015

gbb0330 :

Hello, I'm still stuck. Can you or someone else please assist me using join.me so I can share my screen with you. Thanks!

gbb0330 · Jul 16, 2015

Atit Patel :

gbb0330 :

Hello, I'm still stuck. Can you or someone else please assist me using join.me so I can share my screen with you. Thanks!

I don't do screen sharing, but feel free to post screenshots.

was this same setup working before?

Atit Patel · Jul 16, 2015

gbb0330 :

Atit Patel :

I don't do screen sharing, but feel free to post screenshots.

was this same setup working before?

http://gyazo.com/8c7789caa163504026f4b98183a2aeb3
http://gyazo.com/f00e85e3933b721c05c35c43c2368a65
http://gyazo.com/48a7a996e6c9ccc41f4c15da8796a890
http://gyazo.com/f5e34efc38b9655b9b32837425bf8092

Here are the screenshots
What else should I do or not do?

gbb0330 · Jul 16, 2015

seems like there is a discrepancy in the auth settings, motorola is set to AES, netgear to 64 bit WEP.

Try bridging the devices with no encryption first, for testing purposes, then start introducing security and make sure it matches on both sides.

so was this setup working before at some point?

Atit Patel · Jul 17, 2015

gbb0330 :

Yes, this setup was working before. I connected this same netgear to my older cable modem, which was the motorola sbg901.
And when I tried to disable security of no encryption, my computer would not connect to the modem. So then I tried both of the devices having the same security and passphrase. For both, I enabled WPA2-PSK and same passphrase and data encryption as AES. When I try to connect a device to the netgear, it keeps giving me an error saying incorrect password even though the password is correct. So I can't check whether the wireless bridge works or not since I can't connect to the netgear. Here are more screenshots.

http://gyazo.com/797840baed88d4515fbe17c2927a7585
http://gyazo.com/863122b521af31eaede5e28a840b874a
http://gyazo.com/073e95bb9ddd241fcce274345b157d42

gbb0330 · Jul 17, 2015

Atit Patel :

first we need to make sure your computers can connect to the motorola-3da8c network. if computers can't connect, the netgear won't connect either.
second. post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab, I would like to find a way to disable the netgear_11ng network. you don't need 2 networks, motorola-3da8c and netgear_11ng.
you only need the motorola-3da8c and you want the netgear to connect to it and to bridge it.

post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab

Atit Patel · Jul 17, 2015

gbb0330 :

Atit Patel :

first we need to make sure your computers can connect to the motorola-3da8c network. if computers can't connect, the netgear won't connect either.
second. post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab, I would like to find a way to disable the netgear_11ng network. you don't need 2 networks, motorola-3da8c and netgear_11ng.
you only need the motorola-3da8c and you want the netgear to connect to it and to bridge it.

post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab

gbb0330 · Jul 17, 2015

Atit Patel :

gbb0330 :

Atit Patel :

first we need to make sure your computers can connect to the motorola-3da8c network. if computers can't connect, the netgear won't connect either.
second. post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab, I would like to find a way to disable the netgear_11ng network. you don't need 2 networks, motorola-3da8c and netgear_11ng.
you only need the motorola-3da8c and you want the netgear to connect to it and to bridge it.

post a screenshot of the netgear wireless tab

clear the "turn radio on" checkbox and double check everything on the wireless bridge tab.

Atit Patel · Jul 19, 2015

gbb0330 :

Okay, I'm noticing everytime I turn off the netgear, the remote MAC address auto changes to the mac address of my old modem even though I hit apply.
http://gyazo.com/bd6df8578aca602e00495dae4447aca0 (The AC:81...is the new one I want to bridge)
And second, under security->advanced, I put down the motorola's mac address in trusted wireless stations and again when I turn off the netgear, the mac address is gone.
http://gyazo.com/e7ba4bbc686d83006c3a03d7b21cae76 <-what appears after I turn off and and on the netgear
http://gyazo.com/8d36498cb20ec72f7afe7ca9d4a18aa5

These are screenshots after I unchecked "turn radio on"
http://gyazo.com/33291f845b03d93d67f6050ca767c303
http://gyazo.com/0dc58f73f8cc9bc1a4a14fa95dee29bf
http://gyazo.com/66049cecf436d8c614d94ca373fcd20a

And I forgot to screenshot the advanced section under the security tab. This is the advanced section...
http://gyazo.com/72e5cfdfec56b5fb8f49711b8b21c18b
http://gyazo.com/4564318c1ffc1e8c670b2bdea813e5be

I just reset my netgear again and all the old settings came back.

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