Bridge Mode on Vodafone router or access point on Asus

You guys were really helpful but I'm not out of the woods yet.
I asked a question some days ago:
https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/technical/4784626-...

I setup the Asus AC2900 by using a Cat6 cable from my Vodafone THG3000 linked from LAN on the Voda to WAN on the Asus.

WiFi works but is poor. I get 30Mbps from a 150Mbps cable connection.
I phoned Vodafone to ask how to put their modem into Bridge Mode. The woman hadn't a clue and passed me to someone else who said I couldn't. This is what I want to do and I wonder what you guys think, please.

Alternatively, I could put the Asus into access point mode. Do you think that would be better?

The problem is getting decent wifi upstairs in my house, about 20 feet away from the Asus. I've carefully positioned the Asus aerials to give best signal strength.
Web Analyzer app shows excellent 20dBm signals but the PC wifi remains very poor.

Hi Sean,

I saw your previous thread and was slightly confused by that.

So two questions

1. what vodafone service are you on ?
2. are you using the phone service from voda ?

Why put the Vodafone into bridge mode? Just do as we did, disable DHCP on a Asus, rename the Asus IP address, then connect it LAN to LAN port. We have a 150/30 from Vodafone and the TT Fast router is then on the end of 60m of Cat5e and gets full 150/30 on wifi tests.

Very few ISP provided routers have a bridge mode.

You will be better off trying the Access Point mode on your ASUS, and if needed disable WiFi on the vodafone router, and use the ASUS for all WiFi in your home. Having two separate works only if they are far enough away that your computers/phones/tablets can't get signal from one and are forced to find the other.

If the ASUS can cover your home then turn off WiFi on the Vodafone, but still use the Vodafone router for any other services, the ASUS will only be a WiFi access point.

In Access Point mode you should connect the ethernet cable from the Vodafone router to a LAN point on the ASUS... although ASUS may convert the WAN port to a LAN in this mode.
Here is ASUS video on how to do this - https://www.asus.com/uk/support/faq/1015009/

Edited by jchamier (Sun 25-Jan-26 16:57:43)

Voda service is 150Mbps fibre to home.

I do have a landline but it only ever rings with junk sellers or people from India called Dave. Everything else comes to my mobile.

Voda are shocking. I watched a Youtube video explaining how to ditch the Voda modem. I asked Voda what my logon details were and the woman read the details but said she wasn't sure whether a character was an l (small L) , a number 1 or a capital I (i).

And she chose that job for a living.

She said she was receiving my call in the Netherlands.

In reply to a post by sean5302:

Voda service is 150Mbps fibre to home.

I do have a landline but it only ever rings with junk sellers or people from India called Dave. Everything else comes to my mobile.

Voda are shocking. I watched a Youtube video explaining how to ditch the Voda modem. I asked Voda what my logon details were and the woman read the details but said she wasn't sure whether a character was an l (small L) , a number 1 or a capital I (i).

And she chose that job for a living.

She said she was receiving my call in the Netherlands.

Ok so you have two choices, dump(not literally but keep it safe) the voda router(and loose the phone functionailty), and use the asus with the correct vlan id tag or go with @jchamier suggestion and switch the asus router into ap(wireless access point) mode.