E4200 Bridge Mode + Guest Access?

Hi,
I'm trying to set up my E4200 in "Bridge Mode," but want to enable a few things in the wireless settings, such as:
a) choosing SSIDs and network keys,
b) enable Guest Access
I've been able to get things working without too much hassle:
* factory reset
* set wireless SSIDs and network keys
* enable guess access and set password
* turn on bridge mode
Everything is basically fine, except that when the device goes into bridge mode it seems that it shuts off *all* web UI. This kind of makes sense, but do I actually understand that correcty? (Or have I simply not found the right connection method?)
If so, it leads to a couple follow-on questions:
a) How do I disable Bridge Mode if I want to change any settings? (Is the answer just 'factory reset'?)
b) Can Guest Access mode work in Bridge Mode?
So far, I have not been successful in getting the device to display the login page for Guest Access. I'm not sure if that's a config problem with Guest Access or if that just doesn't work in Bridge Mode.
Any tips/advice appreciated.
thx

Dude buddy. This is your post:
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Re: E4200 Guest Network Not Working [ Edited ]
06-24-2011 10:40 AM - last edited on 06-24-2011 10:41 AM
It's not possible to use guest access in bridge mode. Guest access is only possible when the E4200 operates as router. In bridge mode any wireless network goes directly into the same LAN. Guest separation would not be possible.
Also don't disable the SSID broadcast.
http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/E4200-Guest-Network-Not-Working/td-p/406345/highl...
What I'm saying is that it is possible and that I am doing just that on our LAN here at work.
You pegged me on the linksys devices not allowing higher subnets. Alas, I am used to using DD-WRT and Tomato for years now (where you can use any subnet mask) and took for granted that I have not seen a stock linksys GUI in a long time. However, in bridge mode on the E4200 you are able to set subnet masks as you wish...

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When you're in bridge mode DHCP server option goes away. And I don't care if DHCP requests are getting to my Sonicwall b/c that device is not going to assign the Linksys Guest IP's... E4200 must do that, apparently in a totally hidden way.
In any case, I don't have any more time to waste on E4200v2's so I'm going to try some E4200v1's which I just happen to have handy, thankfully.
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Greetings all,
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Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : s15453760
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-04-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d5c:5bbc:c61:e9b1%16(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.233.177(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352845863
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-B9-51-EA-00-19-99-A5-E7-BE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Click Device Manager.
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E4200 bridge mode question

So, with the latest firmware update I could add a second e4200 to my network to use as a bridge or access point? What I need is another device in my living room that can pick up the wireless signal and dish out network connectivity to my receiver, xbox360, and ps3. With the new firmware update can this be done with a second e4200?
How does one connect to each e4200 on the network for setup (dohave to change the default ip address of 1?)
I just bought a trendnet TEW-687GA 450 mb/s wireless gaming adapter and a trendnet 5 port switch to accomplish what I mentioned above. I'm just wondering if there is an advantage to switching over to two e4200's. The trendnet adapater does not have a 5ghz channel.
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The bridge feature doesn't support wireless bridging. It just dumbs it down to a switch and AP. So unless you flash it with a 3rd part firmware such as dd-wrt, what you are trying to accomplish will be impossible.
I've heard multiple people say that 3rd party firmware for this router is buggy so I would either go with the trendnet and switch setup or the 5ghz capable Linksys WES610n. The 5ghz is ideal for for gaming and streaming media because of less interference compared to the 2.4ghz band. You'll more than likely be able to bond channels with the 5ghz network so that = more bandwidth.
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E4200 guest wireless redirect failure in Bridged Mode: cause & solution.

Background:
I have two E4200 v1 routers, both running the 1.0.04 firmware, both running in Bridged Mode.
On one, guest wireless redirect works perfectly: select the Network-guest SSID, open a browser and you get the Cisco login page, enter the passphrase and bingo, you're connected.
On the other unit, the redirect seems to fail. You are never presented with the login page and so, you are never connected.
After hours of mucking about, including some time on the phone with a very patient engineer, I believe I have stumbled on what's actually going on and possibly, what needs to be done to fix it.
The Problem
The firmware assumes that in Bridged Mode, DNS should come from the Gateway IP address.
The Fix
Linksys should include a field in Bridged Mode that allows you to specify an IP for the DNS server.
Diagnostics
To diagnose the problem, I used a Mac OS X machine.
The network is set up like this:
Router (not the E4200) is at 10.0.0.1
DNS server is at 10.0.0.2
E4200, Bridged Mode as a WAP, is at 10.0.0.253.
E4200's network settings are:
IP: 10.0.0.253
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.0.0.1
The problem is that the Linksys firmware assumes that DNS and the gateway are at the same IP. You will note that there is no place in the Bridged Mode settings to specify a DNS server IP address. You can prove this by doing the following:
1. Connect to the guest wireless.
2. In a Terminal window, type cat /etc/resolv.conf and press Enter. You'll see this:
nameserver 10.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.33.1
This tells us that when you're on the guest network, your machine is looking for DNS results from 10.0.0.1. Except that on many networks, the gateway does not supply DNS. You can prove that DNS is working by typing this into a Terminal window:
dig yahoo.com
You should see a result similar to this:
; <<>> DiG 9.6-ESV-R4-P3 <<>> yahoo.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45182
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;yahoo.com.           IN   A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
yahoo.com.       3063   IN   A   209.191.122.70
yahoo.com.       3063   IN   A   72.30.38.140
yahoo.com.       3063   IN   A   98.139.183.24
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.           24651   IN   NS   a.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   j.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   l.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   c.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   e.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   d.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   f.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   m.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   g.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   b.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   i.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   h.root-servers.net.
.           24651   IN   NS   k.root-servers.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   198.41.0.4
b.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.228.79.201
c.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   128.8.10.90
e.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.5.5.241
g.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.112.36.4
h. root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   128.63.2.53
i.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.36.148.17
j.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   192.58.128.30
k.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   193.0.14.129
l.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   199.7.83.42
m.root-servers.net.   24651   IN   A   202.12.27.33
;; Query time: 73 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.1#53(10.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 5 10:51:02 2012
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 494
Note the section at the bottom that says ;; SERVER: 10.0.0.1#53(10.0.0.1). This tells you that the DNS query was answered by the DNS server at 10.0.0.1.
But in fact, if DNS is NOT served by your Gateway, you'll see this:
dig yahoo.com
; <<>> DiG 9.6-ESV-R4-P3 <<>> @10.0.0.1 yahoo.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Lucky:~ aball$
As a side note: the reason that the login page is never presented is most likely that the login page is only presented the first time that your Mac OS X machine connects to the network. Thereafter, the network is remembered and the WAP allows you access without a password. So, once you've connected a second time to the network, the WAP says "I know you" and lets you sail on through to wherever your browser is pointed, but then the browser, unable to find a DNS server, returns a blank page which appears to be a failure to present the login page but is, in fact, a DNS failure.
Hope someone finds this useful. And here's hoping that Linksys fixes this obvious issue with the firmware.

I do understand what you were trying to do here since you would like to have only 2 SSIDs (main & guest) for perhaps easy connectivity. The reason why you were not having problems getting online wirelessly when you were connected to the main network it’s because the computer was connected to only one DHCP server since the 2 bridge routers were just acting as a switch or a passthrough device. Now with guest network access it is a different scenario, a guest network is a virtual network meaning to say it’s like your having another router embedded on your router. Since it is a virtual network, then it does not follow the parameters of the main network, hence even if the router was set to bridge mode those routers will still have their own ip address of either 192.168.33.1 or 192.168.3.1.

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Linc, I agree it shouldn't work in bridge mode. I don't like that the Cable ISP is using NAT, but it is. All of these devices attached to my Airport Express are working.
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From iPod Touch (http://techtips.salon.com/ipod-touch-ip-address-4209.html):
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Traceroute (both with and without the AE) shows the first two hops identical private IP addresses. So the AE is definitely in bridge mode, not routing. The ISP is giving me a private IP address.
Traceroute with Airport Extreme
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1 10.53.0.1 (10.53.0.1) 8.123 ms 7.218 ms 8.513 ms
2 10.0.52.62 (10.0.52.62) 7.651 ms 8.257 ms 7.388 ms
3 static.customer-201-116-nnn-nnn.uninet-ide.com.mx (201.116.nnn.nnn) 13.757 ms 8.553 ms 10.440 ms
4 inet-bcs-snjosecabo-11-s4-2-0.uninet.net.mx (187.130.146.154) 15.486 ms 10.052 ms 10.098 ms
5 bb-la-grand-4-pos0-4-2-0.uninet.net.mx (201.125.19.38) 42.289 ms 42.592 ms 42.945 ms
6 12.89.4.5 (12.89.4.5) 43.300 ms 41.532 ms 42.443 ms
^C
Traceroute from computer plugged directly into Cable Modem. with wifi turned off
traceroute www.apple.com
traceroute to e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (96.16.21.15), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.53.0.1 (10.53.0.1) 6.881 ms 7.050 ms 7.557 ms
2 static.customer-201-116-nnn-nnn.uninet-ide.com.mx (201.116.nnn.nnn) 9.341 ms
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From the Cisco thread:
"3. Apr 10, 2010 2:43 AM (in response to chemilio)
Re: Traceroute output: What is the first hop ip?
It may depend on how the ISP do their network infrastructure. I've seen internal IP addresses in the first few hops of a Cable ISP but I can't remember whether was it the 1st hop or 2nd hop onwards.
9. May 17, 2011 1:33 PM (in response to chemilio)
Re: Traceroute output: What is the first hop ip?
Most ISPs use private RFC1918 IP address schemes for their private network. They effectively treat your street as a LAN, then perform NAT/PAT on your behalf at their CO. This means they can translate onto the public IPv4 or IPv6 internet and take a lot more control over the traffic generated by your network/PC"
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/thread/12254
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

E4200/E3200 in bridge mode...Guest access works, but does not roam between routers...any ideas?

I have installed wireless in my church...main router is E4200 in the office set up as follows:
IP: 192.168.0.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DHCP enabled (Range = 192.168.0.4-192.168.0.103)
Guest network enabled
Static DNS (for content filtering)
NAT: Enabled
Second router E3200 (in bridge mode) - connected LAN to WAN
IP: 192.168.0.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Guest Network enabled
DHCP (obviously disabled)
Static DNS (for content filtering)
NAT: Enabled
Third router E3200 (in bridge mode) - Connected LAN to WAN
IP 192.168.0.3
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Guest network enabled
DHCP (obviously disabled)
Static DNS (for content filtering)
NAT: Enabled
The 2 routers in Bridge mode are connected to a 16-port unmanaged switch (with other PCs, etc.), which is then plugged into the main router in Port 1.
SSIDs on all 3 routers are exactly the same for both main and Guest networks.
The main network works flawlessly. The router in the office hands out IPs in the 192.168.0.XX range and you can wander throughout the church and maintain a persistent Internet connection. File and print access works fine too from anywhere in the building.
For the Guest network, you can set up a laptop next to each router, obtain an IP address, reach the logon page and surf the Internet without issue. So, the Guest Network works fine from each router.
However, if you wander around the church while on the Guest network (such as with a smart phone), the following happens:
-On either of the E3200 routers (in bridge mode) you get the login page as you wander into the range of each router. I would have thought that if you logged in once, you would be good to go.
-You get a different IP from each router. On the E3200's in Bridge mode, you get a 192.168.33.XX address. Additionally, the gateway is 192.168.33.1. On the E4200 (main router) you get a 192.168.3.XX IP and a gateway of 192.168.3.1.
-As a result of getting different IPs, the smart phone becomes confused and generally won't connect to the Internet.
So, it looks like each router maintains a separate list of who has entered the correct password to get onto the Guest network. Additionally, it appears as if each of the 2 routers, supposedly in Bridge mode, is still handing out IP addresses on the Guest Network, rather than deferring to the router in the office like they do for the main network.
I have seen a lot of postings about how to put routers into Bridge mode and problems with the Guest Network, but posts that I've seen point to the Guest network not working at all, as opposed to this issue where it works; the bridged routers, though, continue to like to hand out IP addresses on it, making wandering around the church while connected to the Internet not possible while connected to the Guest network.
Anyone else experience as similar situation? Any possible solutions out there?
Thanks!
-Gil
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I do understand what you were trying to do here since you would like to have only 2 SSIDs (main & guest) for perhaps easy connectivity. The reason why you were not having problems getting online wirelessly when you were connected to the main network it’s because the computer was connected to only one DHCP server since the 2 bridge routers were just acting as a switch or a passthrough device. Now with guest network access it is a different scenario, a guest network is a virtual network meaning to say it’s like your having another router embedded on your router. Since it is a virtual network, then it does not follow the parameters of the main network, hence even if the router was set to bridge mode those routers will still have their own ip address of either 192.168.33.1 or 192.168.3.1.

Can I use multiple E4200's in bridge mode, to enable a "guest wifi' mesh?

I have four E4200 units on my network, each with an unique IP address, in bridge mode to act as a wireless mesh across my entire building. They are all connected to my central L3 switch, via their Internet ports.
Is it possible to enable the Guest network on each unit, to create a 'Guest Wifi' mesh (providing that I allow the 192.168.33.0 network to route across my network fabric), or will this not work because each indivudual AP will be assigning IP address 192.168.33.1 as it's gateway address meaning that I would have four distinct MAC addresses within the network, each trying to claim that they are IP 192.168.33.1?

As soon as you enable guest access on the router, it will start providing the IP address 192.168.33.x to the clients connecting to the guest network and we cannot change the IP address range of guest network.
Since you have 4 units (E4200), you can enable guest wi-fi of each of them however cannot create a guest wi-fi mesh as all the 4 units have different IP address.

How can I set up a guest access point with a Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme? I am using a Telus router with the Time Capsule used as a wireless access point (bridge mode). I don't want the guest access point to have access to my network.

How can I set up a guest access point with a Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme? I am using a Telus router with the Time Capsule used as a wireless access point (bridge mode). I don't want the guest access point to have access to my network.

The Guest Network function of the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme cannot be enabled when the device is in Bridge Mode. Unfortunately, with another router...the Telus...upstream on your network, Bridge Mode is indicated as the correct setting for all other routers on the network.
If you can replace the Telus gateway with a simple modem (that performs no routing functions), you should be able to configure either the Time Capsule or the AirPort Extreme....whichever is connected to the modem....to provide a Guest Network.

Guest access in bridge mode

I want to set up a secure wireless network in our small office that will also allow clients to access the internet while in our waiting area. I also want to maintain our current wired network, which is connected to the internet through a Nortel router, connected to a DSL modem. Where would the Airport extreme be installed? - i.e., upstream or downstream from the router? Also, looking over Apple's network documentation, it appears that the Airport Extreme would be in Bridge mode when configured on an existing ethernet network with router, but the documentation is clear on the issue of setting up guest access in this kind of configuration.
In case you have not guessed, I am not an IT guy, so will be grateful for any helpful suggestions

Blind Lemon wrote:
I want to set up a secure wireless network in our small office that will also allow clients to access the internet while in our waiting area. I also want to maintain our current wired network, which is connected to the internet through a Nortel router, connected to a DSL modem. Where would the Airport extreme be installed? - i.e., upstream or downstream from the router? Also, looking over Apple's network documentation, it appears that the Airport Extreme would be in Bridge mode when configured on an existing ethernet network with router, but the documentation is clear on the issue of setting up guest access in this kind of configuration.
Guest access and bridge mode are incompatible on AirPort base stations. I'd connect an AirPort Extreme to your DSL modem, connect your wired network connections to the Ethernet ports of the AirPort Extreme, and take the Nortel router out of service. Depending on how many wired connections you need, you may also need an Ethernet switch. Besides the WAN port, an AirPort Extreme only has three available Ethernet ports.

E4200 as a Access Point/Bridge Mode

I have spent most of the weekend trying to get this router to act as a proper Access Point.
Has any got this to work correctly?
When it does work (Stay connected) speeds and latency are rotten. If I go back to Routing Mode this thing kicks butt, but I isolate all devices attached to a different subnet and trying to set up proper routes has proved imposable.
Firmware 1.0.2 r 13
The online help stated to connect to the "internet interface" when in Bridge Mode DHCP Server Is not broadcasting to on the wireless or wired interfaces.
If I used the wired interface as the uplink I can broadcast the DHCP to any device on wired but again nothing to the Wireless.
When I "Show Routing Table" I see two static routes pointing to the ATT router for the Wired/Wireless Interfaces.....
0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 (my Gateway) Wired/Wireless
(my Gateway) 255.255.255.0 0.0.0. Wired/Wireless
Why??
AP mode should only be working in Broadcast.
By connecting the Wired Interfaces alone up to my switched network should not use the router at all.
If you force all traffic to my router all traffic has to be inspected by the firewall
You create a bottleneck my router interface is 10/100.
ATT 2 Wire Gateway/Router with pinholes. 10/100/1000 Non managed 24 port Switch Network. Server infrastructure serving DNS/DHCP.
I decided to buy this after reading it offered Bridge/Access Point mode instead of getting the WAP610 because I wanted to have the option to change to routing mode or AP mode.
Since my ATT Uverse Router Wireless is “g” it takes forever to transfer files to and from my servers.

OK If this helps... I am running a SOHO
2Wire DSL Router with DHCP Off Assigned 192.168.100.1 as the Router Gateway IP. NAT Enabled All firewall is being handled via 2Wire. Currently 2Wire WiFi is disabled. For the Linksys E4200
2wire 10/100 interface up-linked into my d-link 24 port 10/100/1000 Layer 2 unmanaged switch.
DHCP and DNS Servers on d-link switch
VOIP on d-link switch
Testing Results WAN Interface Bridge
E4200 up-linked via 10/100/1000 Internet Interface to d-link network switch.
E4200 Internet Interface DHCP assigned using MAC Reserved DHCP 192.168.100.22.
E4200 in Bridge Mode
Devices connected to 4X E4200 Gig Ports do not receive DHCP broadcast IP Address
Device Connected to E4200 WiFi do not receive DHCP BroadcastIP Address
Assign Static IP to my laptop WiFi in the 192.168.100.X range will establish communication but HUGE latency and poor speeds for any traffic internet or internally to any of my servers.
At times the connection gets lost.
In this configuration I get the above stated Route Tables.
If this is layer 2 compliant it should be handing all local subnet traffic via MAC instead of routing.
I have not taken the time to attempt to reconfigure my 2Wire to go into DMZ Plus mode and allow the linksys to handle all routing, but from previous attempt with my wrt54 it did not go well. I accepted the slow 2Wire WiFi speeds.
It is now getting to the point I am looking for better WiFi to local LAN speeds , I also am looking to do Layer 2 and bypass Routing if I can.
The WAP160 has a 10/100 interface. I prefer gig

E4200 Bridge Mode + Guest Access?

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