Zyxel Configuration

Zyxel P330W router in Bridge + Client Mode
This guide is a simple, easy to understand how-to so that you can use your Zyxel P330W
router in Bridge + Client mode. Enough with the technical jargonalready so I'll make it
simpler to understand. The end use of this whole process is going to be that you'll reduce
wires to your internet connection router. Let me explain the setup with the followingschematic:

The dotted line from the internet router to the Zyxel P330W signifies a wireless
connection and the regular line from Zyxel P330W to Desktop / other device is a physical
LAN cable.This terminology will be used throughout this document. The wireless router,
unless otherwise mentioned will be the main router (yellow) and the Zyxel router will be,
well, Zyxel router (green).
Ifyou get this setup working you can enjoy the comfort of a wirless connection while
reducing wires in your setup and still keep using your devices which need a LAN cable to
connect to the internet.With the help of the following screenshots I'll explain the procedure of getting this setup.
First Step
The internet router at your home should have the SSID broadcast on. This is basically the
IDof your network which is visible when you are seeing the list of available networks. If
this is switched off (should be on by default in most cases), then you would not be seeing
your network in thelist of available networks and you would be needing to connect any
new devices by specifying the name of the network.
This option will most probably be the settings tab of the wireless router.Second Step
Now you need to go to the admin panel of the Zyxel router (192.168.1.1 by default, with
‘admin’ as username and ‘admin’ as password) and go to the LAN section. Now you need
to change theIP address of the router and the DHCP configuration. This is shown in the
following screenshot.
The IP of Zyxel is changed to an IP on the same subnet of the main router, which will not
be used....