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Replace the T3200M with a new router but keep wired optikTv working
Hello, I am about to install a new router that I recently purchased to fix some issues I was having with my Telus T3200M router, but also to add features that were missing. After reading almo...
It should work exactly as you have diagramed it. Set up a static IP assignment for your other router in DHCP on the T3200M. Forward all required ports to the assigned IP. On your other router port forward to your server which should also have a static IP assigned.
Thanks! Glad I understood, although I would have preferred a slightly simpler solution.
Regarding the setup of the new router. I read that you have to pay attention to the subnet settings.
As I understand it, you have to make sure that the new router is on a different range of addresses than the T3200M which is 192.168.1.x
Can you tell me a little more about this and is it necessary in this use case?
Also, as I understand it, I am not touching the "bridge" settings of the T3200M in this scenario, but do I have to configure something special on the new router to make it work as a router "behind a router".
I am wondering since I remember having already tried to connect a second router to an existing router in the past and I had to change settings on the second one so that it would act as a router and not "a switch". Am I wrong?
Thanks again and have a good evening.
Firstly, kudos to you for doing the leg work instead of asking someone else to do it for you. I think you put yourself in a good position to make it work and keep it working.
Most routers will detect the WAN IP and adjust the LAN subnet so that it's different. The tricky part is knowing what it will use as plan B if it can't use the normal default. The router manual should indicate what the default is. If it happens to collide with the T3200M then you need to change it to another private range like 192.168.0.* before you connect it to the T3200M.
The router mode setting (router, access point it switch) is not directly related to the LAN subnet setting. It might be that some routers switch modes if it detects a WAN IP that collides rather than switching to a different LAN subnet.
Thank you very much.
I plan to do the installation tomorrow night when my girlfriend won't be home to hurry me to restore the network 😛
Last question, since I'm going to disable the wifi of the T3200m, I was thinking of using the same SSID for the new router to avoid having to reconnect all my devices one by one.
Is this a good idea in your opinion or are there any contraindications?
