Netgear R8000 Repeater Bridge and Client Bridge - not working

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tulsaOkRouter
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Netgear R8000 Repeater Bridge and Client Bridge - not working

I have revived my router through a lot of processes.  Now my router is up to the latest firmware but every time I tried to use my router is a wireless repeater bridge or client bridge it is bricked.  I have to use nvram erase to get it back.  Also I have tried to use it as a regular router but it does not work.  The local connections and the pings are good but the internet does not work.  I have tried both static and dynamic ip WAN addresses but still not working.  Can someone offer me a real insight to this?  Thanks. 

tmo1138
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Read some of the release

Read some of the release notes for the R8000 firmware.. Tathagata and I think Kong both say that bridge mode does not work on the R8000.. I think I've read elsewhere that it's because the driver Netgear is supplying either has a bug for bridged network configuration or the driver Netgear is providing isn't supporting it.

Regardless - if you want to use a router as a bridge get a different router or use the stock firmware.

 

coronafltest
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I just bought this router and

I just bought this router and it's in a boot loop after trying to use Client bridge. How do I recover?