*UPDATED* TP-Link Router Wireless Bridge Setup. How to configure Enable WDS Bridging Archer

In TP-Link's WDS Bridging setup configuration document they leave out a crucial step and the router is not fully setup until you complete one last step in the process.

At the end of this document there should be another step calling out the IPTV/VLAN section where the "Enable IPTV/VLAN" box must be checked, the "Bridge" Mode must be set and the LAN ports 1-4 must be set to "Internet".

Without this step you will only be transmitting a wireless signal from your Tp-Link router, but the ethernet LAN ports 1-4 will not be functional.

Hardware Model: Archer A6 V2.0
Firmware: 1.1.8
Build: 20210226

This comment might help some of you. it is pinned in the comments section as well. Send your thanks to them.

@alitaherimoghadam8894
Hi Mike, thank you for the video and saving us a lot of time!

For those who are asking about losing access to the tp-link router/ bridge after saving the setting, I was in the same boat but I found this simple solution to work. I checked the IP range the main router with internet access uses for dhcp, and assigned the tp-link bridge with something within that range rather than sticking with default 192.168.0.x range as shown on the video. That's it!

many home routers use default subnets like 192.168.100.0/24, or 10.10.10.0/24. in this case my home router uses 192.168.1.0/24 range, so I assigned an un-used IP in that range to the tp-link bridge - lets say, 192.168.1.188/24. This allows you to still connect to the tp-link router even when its in bridge mode. because technically speaking you are still connected to the main network (router with internet), so the main router should have a way to reach the tp-link bridge. that's only possible if they are both using the same range. Hope this helps!

[alitaherimoghadam]

Hi Mike, thank you for the video and saving us a lot of time! 

For those who are asking about losing access to the tp-link router/ bridge after saving the setting, I was in the same boat but I found this simple solution to work. I checked the IP range the main router with internet access uses for dhcp, and assigned the tp-link bridge with something within that range rather than sticking with default 192.168.0.x range as shown on the video. That's it!

many home routers use default subnets like 192.168.100.0/24, or 10.10.10.0/24. in this case my home router uses 192.168.1.0/24 range, so I assigned an un-used IP in that range to the tp-link bridge - lets say, 192.168.1.188/24. This allows you to still connect to the tp-link router even when its in bridge mode. because technically speaking you are still connected to the main network (router with internet), so the main router should have a way to reach the tp-link bridge. that's only possible if they are both using the same range. Hope this helps!

[timoncheli]

Mike you are a machine, I've been trying to do it for 3 hours and there was no way, I looked at your video and I got it after 5 min.
Thank you very much, greetings from Spain

[TheArkadyuti]

Mike, Thank you so much. I am banging my head over this for more than 2hrs now.
You were absolutely a hero after sharing the info about IPTV settings. I have had my fair share working with networks but I would never guessed it.

[jamestate]

Googled for an hour and finally found this video… saved my life. I am impressed by how simple but hidden this is thank you so much for sharing with everyone.

[marcosdtc]

You're legend. I'm now enjoying my signal, the internet, and the people on the internet. Thank you!

[yaya-pgro]

Thanks for this! Much easier and faster than the other videos or online reads. Got it up and running I got fast speeds now everywhere.

[sallygp]

Thank you dude! Nobody else had this explanation after searching for an hour.

[immersiveparadox]

Thanks, Mike!!!! You're a lifesaver. I had given up on the thoughts of this, thinking that my router wasn't capable of this. Thank you!

[GusUruguay]

Yes! I was having that issue! Nice to find your video explaining the last step for IPTV. Thank you!

[lyalljones]

Brilliant, thank you. Now enjoying my internet signals, they're bouncing everywhere, we're having a great time.

[melodywolff]

Thank you. They definitely forgot that last step. I needed this :)

[Lenardonic]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 There are lot of other random videos which did not help and i just wasted my time… Your last part of IPTV helped me… Thanks again!!!!

[angpar]

lol back at this video again! i watched this a year ago and had to come back for the same setup! Thanks again Big Mike !!!!

[srivastava]

Thanks a ton for giving a heads up to turn on the LAN ports. I did the same steps as mentioned by you and the ports work fine on my TP-Link Archer AC1200 that I use as a repeater.
Subscribed to your channel.

[raghuL]

Thank you ! Your steps helped me to configure my TP Link router as a extender

[entechcore]

Working with a setup with 2 routers that couldn't be wired, and passthroughs didn't work. Life saver.

[kirangodambe]

Super!! ..you saved me from buying an extra new repeater. Thanks for sharing this 🙂

[thefirstloser]

Thank you! It was driving me crazy because of the missing last step

[Juananpremium]

Great video. The only one that made it work for me. THANK YOU

[jishnukalra]

Thanks so much man, was trying to do this for 4 days, you helped alot