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can i simply attach a switch to the ONT and plug and play a second router?
I want to create a second network on my home internet. From what I've learned TELUS provides 2 external IP addresses with there home internet plans. This seems to be the simplest solution for setting...
No, not if you want a separate IP for the network. You could bridge port 1 on the NH20T but both the TP-Link router and Wifi mesh node will try to pull a public IP, and one will fail since you only get 2 IPs total. If you want fully separate networks, put the switch on the ONT and then connect only the NH20T and the TP-Link router. The Wifi 6 mesh would have to be on one of the LAN ports on whichever router you end up connecting it to.
If you still want to give the renters access on the Wifi 6 mesh network, you'd have to have it on one of the TP-Link's LAN ports and then you'd have to set up a separate Wifi network for yourself. Now if you only want to give them access to the TP-Link wifi and you keep the Wifi 6 mesh for yourself, then the Wifi 6 can be connected to the NH20T. Then you'd have to give guests / renters the wifi SSID/name and password for the TP-Link wifi network.
