Hi everyone... again.

So after spending a frustrating amount of time with support and being told nothing more than "we don't support bridged mode" I'm back here.

I have an Asus RT-AX92U Router I'm using because for whatever reason the Blue Curve modem is restricting the devices connected to it. The SECOND I connected the Asus router and connected my mesh network to it - every issue I was having was GONE, all my devices that couldn't connect could magically connect again. I literally could cry I'm so happy.

I also know there is a workaround to getting the wireless cable boxes to work with third party network systems, which I was able to successfully do.

That said, when I try to put my modem in bridged mode, I immediately lose any ability to connect through my router or mesh network to the internet.

The router can ping, tracert, etc. just fine. No issues. I can connect a hardwired device to the Blue Curve modem and I get internet access just fine. But anything connecting through that network gets me no joy. 

I know it's entirely possible it's an issue on my end, but I've seen other people report issues and having to make weird settting changes, but I can see nothing that would be a problem. One second it works, the other it doesn't as soon as I turn on bridged mode. I see the wan IP change, it shows a 24.* address which is.... odd, because should that not be a 7* IP address?

I would love some help so I'm not stuck with a double nat situation. Which for now seems stable, but honestly I want nothing more than to kick the blue curve to the curb and never even think about it again.

Ever. It's a nightmare and I hate it with all my soul. It's been a literal month since I was forced to do a factory reset of the modem that caused all these issues, and it seems clear it was an overload of the wireless radio. So I've solved that by putting a different modem in the mix so the Shaw modem does nothing. 

Thanks in advance.