Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
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
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.comwrote: 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
Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
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.comwrote: 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
Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
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.comwrote: 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
Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
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 brian.wee...@gmail.comwrote: 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 -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
