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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 UserHas 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.
To save you a switch and cable, you can actually put port 1 of Telus router into bridge mode, then connect your router to that port. This way you'll have your own WAN IP while not affecting his network.
- Nighthawk
While this is true, some have reported issues port forwarding when connected to a bridged Port 1 though it could be down to specific programs that have the issues with that config. There's never been any extensive testing that I know of.
