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Support for this mode started with release 2021.6. The initial setup can be done by following the steps below.
Still in the Network menu, in the LAN Settings section:
Media Bridge (MB) mode has several advantages over wireless Ethernet Bridge mode:
You are strongly advised NOT to use Virtual Interfaces, such as Virtual Wireless networks or VLANs when in Media Bridge mode.
In case of issues, such as connectivity loss:
1) Try lowering the Wireless Client connection check time (affects Media Bridge mode, Wireless Client mode and Wireless Ethernet Bridge mode).
Currently the default setting checks every 30 seconds. You can adjust this check value to, say, 15 seconds via the command prompt:
root@FreshTomato-WlClientMode:/tmp/home/root# nvram set sta_chkint=15 root@FreshTomato-WlClientMode:/tmp/home/root# nvram commit root@FreshTomato-WlClientMode:/tmp/home/root# reboot
2) Additional improvements exist improvements starting with release 2023.4.