Using Second Telstra Gateway Max in Bridge Mode to Extend Network Coverage

Hi all I'm about to connect my new BigPond Cable service and have been supplied the new Telstra Gateway Max (Netgear C6300).  I need to extend the network coverage out to a free standing double garage/man cave.  Rather than buying a seperate range extender or access point I was thinking of running ethernet cable from the primary Telstra Gateway Max in the house to the double garage and then attach to a second Telstra Gateway Max (which a friend has given me) in bridge mode.  Can anyone advise is this will be possible and how I go about it?

It doesn't work that way with bridging.  If you bridge your existing Gateway, then the wireless function on that one switches off. You need to connect the 2nd Router tothe existing with ethernet cable and then disable the DHCP function on the second router so that you don't get conflicting addresses being assigned on your network. I'm not sure that the Gateway Max will let you do this.  You would be better off buying a new Router (not one modem/router), and hooking up that way.

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