http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122334
Can confirm that this router would fit the bill. I own two of them, but
I only use one in a
wired context. It works very much better than the old DLink dgl-4500 it
replaced. And there is a
web community called:
http://www.myopenrouter.com/
that discusses all things DDWRTand Tomatof/w's. I remain amazed at how
popular this topic is.
Duncan
On 09/15/2013 10:55, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
I have a similar setup to what you're talking about. I think that having
the FIOS box do the DHCP and routing but not WIFI is the easier way to go.
In effect you would have access point(s) doing the WIFI. If you got the
right models you could run DDWRT or TOMATO for superior performance and
features.
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Brian Weeden <[email protected]>wrote:
Would love to run tomato, but it's not an option for me on the FIOS router.
It should still work without it, right?
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Brian
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Robert Martin Jr. <[email protected]
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 <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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. <[email protected]
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 <[email protected]>
To: hardware <[email protected]>
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.
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Brian
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Best Regards,
Zulfiqar Naushad
