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#HOW TO CHECK WIFI CHANNEL ON MODEM MANUAL#
#HOW TO CHECK WIFI CHANNEL ON MODEM PASSWORD#
#HOW TO CHECK WIFI CHANNEL ON MODEM MAC#

Hybrid: Enables the Wireless Bridge feature and allows other wireless devices/stations to connect to the router.Īnother manual from ASUS describes a similar result with a detailed setup:.WDS Only: Enables the Wireless Bridge feature but prevents other wireless devices/stations from connecting to the router.AP Only: Disables the Wireless Bridge function.The manual seems to confirm these two modes, although in obscure language:

(AP means "Access Point", which I assume would work if I connect the modem to the router via an ethernet cable and I did not try it.) In Hybrid mode, I was able to connect both with ethernet and wifi. In WDS-only mode, I was able to connect to the internet only with an ethernet cable plugged to the modem. In Hybrid mode, wireless devices connected to the ASUS Wireless xDSL Modem Router will only receive half the connection speed of the Access Point. In the latter case, speed is notably slower by half, as per the manual: In hybrid mode, connect to the modem's wifi network (which you can also set), and you'll have internet. Plug a cable in either mode and you'll have internet.

#HOW TO CHECK WIFI CHANNEL ON MODEM MAC#

Add the MAC address of the modem in the list under Bridge. pre-shared key: WPA, WPA2, AES with the same password. The Security settings should be the same as before, e.g. On the router: go to the router's page, by default, then click on Wireless LAN (2.4 GHz).

add the MAC address of the router in the remote AP list.

choose WDS only if you want to connect your devices to the modem via ethernet cable only, and Hybrid if you also want to connect via wifi (more details below).

go to the settings for WDS, such as Advanced Settings > Wireless > Bridge.

Then follow the steps in the user manual on the modem: So, for the modem: go to Wireless > General and choose wifi settings identical to those from the modem: same bandwidth (e.g., 2.4 GHz and 20 MHz), same channel (e.g., 6), same wireless security protocol (e.g., WPA2 and AES), and the same wifi password. You should probably set the same wifi channel (which is a bandwidth for the signal, e.g. The devices should be on the same wifi channel.

#HOW TO CHECK WIFI CHANNEL ON MODEM PASSWORD#

Make also note of the wireless password of the router. Wireless security (e.g., WPA2–Personal - AES).On macOS, you can connect to the router's wifi, click on the wifi symbol on the menu bar with the Option key down, and see details such as: follow the manual's stepsįor the router (DrayTek in my case): Make note of the settings. Go to LAN (Local Area Network) and change the IP address to 192.168.10.1 for example.Īfter that setup, I can access the modem's settings at 192.18.10.1 on wi-fi (though not on ethernet, which I didn't investigate further).

If you forgot, reset to factory settings and use the credentials on the back of the devices, and change the password before connecting to the internet. Visit on a browser and login with your credentials. If that is the case, login to your modem's page to change the modem's IP. A conflict will ensure from the modem having the same IP address as the router. change the modem's IP addressīy default, modems and routers have 192.168.1.1 as the homepage IP address. Check on your router's user manual that it supports the same system. Search for keywords such as "bridge", "repeater", or "WDS" (Wireless Distribution System). For the ASUS DSL-N16, it's on the ASUS website. First, check the user manual to see if your router allows it, as suggested in Can I use a wireless router as a repeater? for a different router.