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Using 2nd wifi router as Guest Wifi
Long story short. Used to be on SHAW. Modem connected on main floor in bridge mode. Used my own ASUS router. When I switched to Telus they had to connect the modem in the basement. Now main floor and...
Try bridging Lan 1 on your T3200M and connecting the ASUS to that LAN port. This should exclude the rest of your network from access by the guest network.
NFtoBC
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Community Power UserTry bridging Lan 1 on your T3200M and connecting the ASUS to that LAN port. This should exclude the rest of your network from access by the guest network.
Hi
Sorry don't quite understand. If I do that, doesn't it mean I am using the ASUS as the main router then? What happens to the Boost wifi? Tv's etc?
Thanks for your response
- NFtoBC
No, the rest of your home network would be on the T3200M Wi-Fi, and LAN 2-4. Bridging LAN 1 simply ensures the two parts of the network can’t see one another.
Search for “creating a sub-network” on the internet for lots of ways to address this. There should be some info specific to your ASUS router.
Thanks for the suggestion. Won't work for me. The T3200 is in the basement where the network dist center is. My office and 2nd wifi router is on the main floor. If I bridge LAN1 I use the only network connection to my office to connect to the 2nd wifi router. I have about 10 devices running in my office hard wired, including optik TV so I would lose connection to the rest of the LAN on the T3200.
But appreciate the suggestion.
For now I think I will just set up the 2nd wifi router as the guest access and though they can get to other resources on the T3200, they can't see them, they would need to know the IP. And for the most part, it's only friends and family who use it when they come over.
T3200 is on subnet 1 and the ASUS wifi router is on subnet 2
Is there a way to put a firewall rule in the T3200 to block resources on subnet 1 other than internet?
Thanks
