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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
Community Power UserIf 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.
Are you sure they allow two IP addresses, I thought it's only one per ONT.
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.
- Nighthawk
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.
Yes, installed the switch today. Waiting on extra cat6 cable to test both networks simultaneously.
