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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...
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.
Ouch! First flaw in my plan discovered and the installation hasn't even started yet.
I was working on a more detailed network plan in which I display the switches of my network when I noticed that the OptikTV box is connected to the switch that also connects my android multimedia box, my Wii, etc.
So if I want the OptikTv to be connected to the T3200M, these other devices will also be connected to the T3200M because the switch will have to be connected to the T3200M. (my android box must be able to access network resources that will be behind the new router)
Is there a way, with port forwarding or any other trick to connect the OptikTv to the new router?
Thx again.
