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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.
Do you have a coax cable outlet in the TV room? You can use it to run a second Ethernet outlet via MoCA adapters.
Whoa! I just read about this and I think it might be promising. This is a fantastic idea! The speeds would theoretically be much better than I could have expected.
I remember with my old provider I had a coaxial cable that came up behind the TV but at that time of night I couldn't see where it was going.
I found what looked like a cut coaxial cable, but I guess I can find a tool and a connector to fix it pretty easily?
