Would love to run tomato, but it's not an option for me on the FIOS router. It should still work without it, right?
--------- Brian On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Robert Martin Jr. <lopaka_...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Sorry didn't give all the info. One router is bridged to primary and the > other uses tomato going out an encrypted VPN. Haven't had any issues and > have been running 24/7 for over a year. All tomato firmware. > > lopaka > > ________________________________ > From: Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:07 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi > > > Wouldn't double NAT be an issue? > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Robert Martin Jr. <lopaka_...@yahoo.com > >wrote: > > > Yes, no problem at all with that setup. I have 3 wireless routers at my > > house. The second and third use the first as the gateway. My network's > > using 3 different subnets so I can prioritize traffic easily. Gaming, > work, > > and home/VOIP networks. > > > > lopaka > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> > > To: hardware <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 5:51 AM > > Subject: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi > > > > > > Got a bit of a problem with my home network. I've got FIOS (which I love) > > but the WiFi signal from the FIOS router is not strong enough to go up to > > our bedroom. Also, it's speeds are not all that great. > > > > A few months ago I looked into setting up a WiFi extender for the > network. > > Unfortunately, none of the Actiontec routers that Verizon uses support > it: > > > > > http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Home-Networking/Actiontec-router-does-not-support-wireless-range-extender-so-how/td-p/553721 > > > > I've confirmed that my router is one of these. I was also told that > > replacing the FIOS router completely was not an option because it's > needed > > for the IPTV to function. > > > > So, I was thinking it should be possible to turn off the WiFi portion of > > the FIOS router and add a new router to the network that will handle the > > wireless duties. As long as I set the new router to use the FIOS router > for > > its gateway, things should work, right? > > > > Would it be preferable to run off DHCP for the new router and have the > FIOS > > router handle those duties? Or should I let the new router get it's IP > > address from the FIOS router and then all the wireless devices get their > IP > > addresses from the new router? In that case I'd obviously have to make > sure > > they were on different IP ranges. > > > > > > --------- > > Brian > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > > Zulfiqar Naushad >
