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# Comcast Bridge Mode | ||
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You are ready to make the Netgear RS router your sole router, and switch the Comcast router | ||
to being a "dumb modem". This will disrupt network connectivity for all devices in your home. | ||
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Hopefully, just for a few minutes. | ||
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## Switch Comcast router to bridge mode | ||
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- Connect the Netgear RS router to one of the LAN (local network) ports on the Comcast router. | ||
- Disconnect any other wired connections from the Comcast router - such as your node - | ||
and connect them to one of the LAN (local network) ports on the Netgear RS router. The 2.5G | ||
ones are nice if your node has 2.5G support, and don't hurt if it doesn't. | ||
- Connect to the Comcast router via LAN or WiFi, navigate to `http://10.0.0.1`, and switch | ||
"Bridge Mode" to "Enabled". Comcast has [instructions](https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wireless-gateway-enable-disable-bridge-mode) | ||
for this. | ||
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In our testing, the Netgear RS router did not receive an external public IP right away. | ||
We power cycled the Comcast router/modem and the Netgear RS, and then it worked. | ||
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You can see the external address at Advanced -> Internet Port -> IP Address. Netgear have | ||
[documentation](https://www.netgear.com/hub/technology/what-is-router-ip-address/) for this. | ||
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A public IP is any that isn't private: Does not look like `192.168.x.x` or `10.x.x.x` or `172.16.x.x` through | ||
`172.31.x.x`. | ||
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## Configure IPv6 on Netgear | ||
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Comcast offers IPv6 services in the US, and we'd want that to continue working for you. | ||
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On the Netgear web interface, go to Advanced -> Advanced Setup -> IPv6, and set "Internet Connection Type" to "Auto Detect", then click "Apply" | ||
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You can verify this worked by coming back to that page and seeing that an IPv6 address has been assigned to the Netgear RS. Your devices on | ||
the network should also show that they have both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address. |
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We've tested and documented switching to a Netgear RS300 on Comcast. Any router in the | ||
[Netgear RS line](https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/routers/listing-filter/ax-wifi7/) should work the same way. | ||
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The Netgear routers have a mobile app as well as a web interface. We've documented setting it up via | ||
the web interface from a laptop. | ||
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- [App instructions](https://kb.netgear.com/119/How-do-I-set-up-and-install-my-NETGEAR-router) | ||
- [Laptop instructions](https://kb.netgear.com/22697/How-do-I-install-my-NETGEAR-router-using-the-router-web-interface) | ||
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Where it says "connect your modem to the yellow Internet port on the back of your NETGEAR router", the | ||
"modem" here is your current ISP router. Use one of its Ethernet LAN, local network, ports, to connect to the "Internet" | ||
port on the Netgear RS. | ||
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Netgear will prompt you for an admin password, download a firmware update, and restart. At that | ||
point, you should be able to log in with the new admin password and continue setup. | ||
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Netgear defaults to an internal `192.168.1.0/24` network. We haven't tested what happens if that also happens to be | ||
the default network of the ISP router. It's possible firmware update will fail, or that you'll need to set up the Netgear router | ||
without Internet connection, and connect it only after the ISP router has been switched to "bridge mode". Firmware | ||
update in that case would happen as the last step, not the first step. |
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