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jattdit
3 years agoNeighbour
Adding a Router between ONT and Telus Router
Hello, I live in basement and the guy who lives up have 1000mbps telus. He's happy to share internet but doesn't want me to be on his WiFi and I can't add a second router up there as the range doe...
Nighthawk
Community Power User
3 years agoIf you add your router between the ONT and his, it will break things for him. You want to put a gigabit ethernet switch between the ONT and both routers. Then plug the ONT to one port on the switch and the WAN/Internet ports of each router to two other ports on the switch. Most fibre connections will allow two IP addresses and this way will use two.
- jattdit3 years agoNeighbour
Are you sure they allow two IP addresses, I thought it's only one per ONT.
- steppedflower3 years agoOrganizer
Yes, I can confirm they give 2 IP addresses. I have my own router connected to ONT directly and pulls 2 IPs with no issues.
- Nighthawk3 years ago
Community Power User
Has traditionally been 2 IPs. A gigabit switch will be the only way you can connect your router without messing up your neighbor's setup.
- jattdit3 years agoNeighbour
Yes, installed the switch today. Waiting on extra cat6 cable to test both networks simultaneously.