Ok.... this is gonna be a little deep in the weeds, and I'm pretty out of my depth too, but figured I'd run it past the brain trust here to see if I can get this figured out. I've got a pair of routers, both Asus, one is an RT-N66U, the other an RT-AC66U. Got the AC for $15 at a garage sale sans power block, etc, hence why I didn't get a matching pair for this project.
Anywho. My goal is to use the AC66U in bridge mode to connect my security camera DVR to the network - mostly because I don't want to run cat 5e from where the N66U is (living room, connected to the cable modem, etc) out to the garage (even though that would be the simplest method, it'd be a bit unsightly, so SWMBO nixed it).
So I have my N66U running happily, and I toss the AC66U into "media bridge" mode (what Asus calls their wireless bridge). I get it to connect to the N66U with no major hiccups, or so I think.... Except I can't get it to see the internet through the bridge. It shows a connection to the parent AP, but says the internet is disconnected on the parent AP (it isn't). And I'll be darned if I can figure out why the [censored][censored][CENSORED] secondary router (in bridge mode) can see the primary router, but it can't see the internet.
Anywho, after a few hours of fighting with this, I'm done for tonight, but if anyone has any insight into why this might be happening, well, I'd be mighty grateful.