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Technical Advice

Officially, there is not a way to put the Netgear CG3000DCR cable modem router used Comcast into "true" bridge mode.  The official documentation offers a workaround that instructs you how to put the CG3000DCR into "pseudo-bridge mode" or, more appropriately, "IP passthrough mode".  Either way, it would be nice if the Netgear CG3000DCR router supported true bridge mode so that a double NAT situation could be avoided.  After some research and digging into forum responses I found a great bit of advice to get the CG3000DCR into true bridge mode.  It is a hidden function built within the firmware of the router.

(These "hidden" webpages are not advertised or spoken of by Comcast or Netgear but they are accessed as follows):

To enable bridge mode (depending on how your CG3000DCR is addressed):  http://x.x.0.1/RgNatControl.asp (In my case, http://192.168.0.1/RgNatControl.asp).  Accessing this webpage turns bridge mode on and disables NAT.

Adversely, to disable bridge mode (depending on how your CG3000DCR is addressed):  http://x.x.100.1/RgNatControl.asp (In my case, http://192.168.100.1/RgNatControl.asp).  Accessing this webpage turns bridge mode off and NAT will thusly be re-enabled.

Notice the difference in IP addresses.  One ends in "0.1" (to enable bridge mode) and the other ends in "100.1" (to disable bridge mode).

 
Cheers!