HOW TO CREATE A STATIC BRIDGE TBH
What you need:
- Access to your modem and router web interface. If you don't know how to do that, then LOOK UP YOUR MODEM AND ROUTER'S MODEL ON FUCKING GOOGLE AND FIND OUT HOW TO ACCESS IT HOLY SHIT. Most models usually have default settings like [192.168.1.1] as the default LAN IP and there are usually default username and password combinations. If this is not the case for you, THEN CONSULT WITH WHOEVER CHANGED THAT SHIT SO YOU KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE WEB INTERFACE HOLY SHIT
- Create static IP addresses for all of your primary devices. When you use DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol), you're letting the router automatically communicate between devices. It will pick an available address from a pool of addresses - say you have addresses in the range [192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.100] that's 100 IP addresses that could potentially be used - and designate them to new devices on the network. However, it's "dynamic" which means that the IP addresses may constantly change depending on the state of the network (i.e. if your power goes out and the router resets, it will designate IP addresses to all the devices on the network again, and each device may not get the same address that they had before) Static IP just makes it so that your router will designate a special IP address for your device that doesn't ever change.
- MAC addresses for all your devices. MAC (Media Access Control) address is the physical address of your device's network adapter. Your router needs this shit to distinguish between devices. On Windows, you can get it by opening command prompt and typing "ipconfig /all" and looking for the Physical Address of the device's primary adapter. It will be a 12 character string formatted like this: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
- (optional) Turn off your DHCP. DHCP is just a mechanism that designates IP addresses to every device on your network. When you set a static IP address, you don't need to have DHCP enabled because everything on the network will have its own IP address that will never change. However, this means that no new devices will be able to connect unless you designate a static IP for them, so you can leave this on if you want to be able to have guests come over and instantly connect to your network with just the password. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE ALL YOUR DEVICES STATIC IP ADDRESSES BEFORE YOU SHUT OFF THE DHCP YOU NIGGER
What you do:
1. Open your router's web interface
2. Find the LAN settings
3. There should be an option that will allow you to set a static IP address; web interfaces can vary, so FUCKING GOOGLE THAT SHIT FOR YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL YOU NIGGER
4. Ether a name for your device, the device's MAC address, and an IP address THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE DHCP'S POOL YOU NIGGER (e.g. if your DHCP is between 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.100, then you could use 192.168.1.101 as your device's static IP. There are special IP addresses that can't be used, FUCKING GOOGLE IT YOU DIPSHIT)
Once you've done this shit, then do this (pic fucking related):
Where to set a static IP on Windows:
1. Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connection > Change Adapter Settings
2. Right click on your primary adapter, doesn't matter if you're using ethernet or WiFi
3. Properties > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
4. Where it says IP address, use the static IP address that you set in the router's web interface. Don't fuck with the subnet mask, it should automatically fill itself. Where it says Gateway, you use the IP address of your router.
5. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, but it would be good to get your ISP's DNS server addresses. DNS is the address of the server that your modem connects to in order to reach the internet. You get these and put them where it says "Preferred and Alternate" but it's optional so maybe don't worry about it. If not, then just LEAVE THIS SHIT ALONE YOU ASSHOLE, FUCK
THERE, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A STATIC IP ON YOUR BITCH ASS DEVICE
NOW, DO THIS
1. Open your modem's web interface and create a static IP for your router
2. Open your router's interface and create a static IP for your modem
3. Back in the modem's interface, find out where you can set a static route
4. Use your router's static IP for the static route
5. Back in the router's interface, create a static route using your modem's static IP address
Also, if you're dead set on using WiFi for some gay reason, make sure that you're using the 5GHz bandwidth, because 2.4 GHz is gay because it can receive disruption from devices such as microwaves and chordless phones. If your device cannot connect to the 5GHz handwidth, then you're fucked and you should be using ethernet tbh.
I LAID IT ALL OUT FOR YOU IN PLAIN MOTHERFUCKING ENGLISH, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THEN FUCKING G O O G L E I T YOU NIGGER HOLY SHIT HOW DAFT CAN YOU BE