thanks for the on going reply, I did get the WDS bridging working, my bad I had not disabled the dhcp server on the c7, I will check the list again

sorry folks my bad, when double checking again, I found the c7 dhcp server was not disabled, after unchecking and rebooting the c7 viola.. there is internet and I was able to get my phone working on...

thanks for the reply, however there is no list I can find at that link, it has the directions how to setup WDS but that is all, I have poured over that link trying to find why I can't bridge the c7...

followed all steps for bridging here: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1555/ host router bridged router after wds enabled per directions bridged router has wds enabled and connected to host...

other than trying to set up wds bridging to see if if works or not, is there a list of non archer routers that are known to be able to connect wds bridging to a c7 v5.8 ac1750

need to setup this router basically as an access point, from the main house router, cannot realistically connect to main house router via ethernet cable, needs a wireless host, it can only connect to...