That is one difference - just connect a specific WiFi device to the "better" WiFi network. If you leave the Shaw device in "router" mode, you'll have one WiFi network "near" (horizontal vicinity, and up/down, too) to the Shaw device, in addition to another WiFi network provide by your "mesh" of EERO slaves everywhere else in your home. Given that the Shaw device must be present, I think that it does not matter if the EERO receives a "private" IP-address from the Shaw router, or receives a "public" IP-address from a "bridged" Shaw router. > I’m trying to understand if it’s better this way or should I be using the Shaw modem/router in bridge mode to the EERO system, or would it make any difference either way. I doubt that the EERO has the functionality to replace the Shaw device, but (allegedly) I have been wrong before. I don't see how it is possible to completely bypass the Shaw device - it has coaxial input, and Ethernet (with WiFi) output.
> When setting this up I used the EERO as the bridge rather than the Shaw modem/router, For example, an iPhone-4S has a maximum of 63 Mbps, and an older iPad has a maximum of 150 Mbps. Of course, the speed of your WiFi devices is limited by the WiFi adapter inside each device. But, if you are downloading one large file, or streaming a video, the router has to perform only one "NAT" for that connection - not one per TCP/IP packet.Įnsure that your Ethernet cables are labelled "CAT-5e" or "CAT-6", because "CAT-5" cables are certified only up to 100 Mbps - not good-enough, if you have "Shaw 300" or "Shaw 600" Internet. I don't expect any performance-differences between "bridged" and "router" traffic.Īny "router" must supply NAT (Network Address Translation), to deliver "incoming" network traffic to the device on your local network that requested that traffic. In "bridged" mode, it supplies a "public" IP-address to one device, namely your EERO, but neither of the above 2 features.
In "router" mode, the BlueCurve gives you a WiFi network, and wireless links to other "slave" set-top boxes. I do not know what "bridging the EERO" would accomplish - it even seems to be unlikely for it to have that feature ?!
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