slickpaladin
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Currently I have two apartments on the same floor with separate Internet connections (fiber and cable) and want to get rid of one of them and connect both apartments to the same Internet (fiber).
The main apartment has the following setup:
- Modem (192.168.1.1), 50/4 Mb fiber connection with one IP address + one IP for TV box on a dedicated port
+ TV Box
+ TP-Link TL-WR841N v7 (running DD-WRT, 192.168.2.1)
++ Synology NAS
++ PC
++ wireless devices: 4x phone, 2x tablet, 1x laptop, 1x raspberry pi
++ another router, TP-Link TL-WR800N (10.10.10.1) acts as Astrill VPN router, all the wireless devices switch between this router and the main router, also all guests connect to this router (no access to PC and NAS)
Second apartment 20 meters away
- Cable Modem (192.168.1.1), 10Mb connection with one IP
+ TP-Link TL-WR841N v8 (no DD-WRT support)
++ 3x PC
++ wireless devices: 4x phones, 1x tablet
So the plan is to connect the second apartment to the main apartment but with separate address space so that there is no access to either of the networks. And I have two options in mind, first one (see the attachements) being that I connect the second apartment to the main router with cat6 cable (about 20 meters) . The main router is TP-Link TL-WR841N v7 with DD-WRT and it has one free port left (100Mb), though I feel that this is a moment to do an upgrade to the main router as the current one is coming to the end of its life (freezes sometimes, maybe due to too many devices connected to it) and has no gigabit ports which I would like.
Second option is to get a wired router, and connect main router, VPN router and the second apartment router as well as PC and NAS to it. The old main router would be in bridge mode so that the wireless devices can still access PC and NAS. VPN router and second apartment router don´t need to have access to them.
Any opinions that which option makes more sense? The cable Internet has a yearly cost of about 90 euros, which I can now use towards the new gear (plus a bit more if need to be).
The main apartment has the following setup:
- Modem (192.168.1.1), 50/4 Mb fiber connection with one IP address + one IP for TV box on a dedicated port
+ TV Box
+ TP-Link TL-WR841N v7 (running DD-WRT, 192.168.2.1)
++ Synology NAS
++ PC
++ wireless devices: 4x phone, 2x tablet, 1x laptop, 1x raspberry pi
++ another router, TP-Link TL-WR800N (10.10.10.1) acts as Astrill VPN router, all the wireless devices switch between this router and the main router, also all guests connect to this router (no access to PC and NAS)
Second apartment 20 meters away
- Cable Modem (192.168.1.1), 10Mb connection with one IP
+ TP-Link TL-WR841N v8 (no DD-WRT support)
++ 3x PC
++ wireless devices: 4x phones, 1x tablet
So the plan is to connect the second apartment to the main apartment but with separate address space so that there is no access to either of the networks. And I have two options in mind, first one (see the attachements) being that I connect the second apartment to the main router with cat6 cable (about 20 meters) . The main router is TP-Link TL-WR841N v7 with DD-WRT and it has one free port left (100Mb), though I feel that this is a moment to do an upgrade to the main router as the current one is coming to the end of its life (freezes sometimes, maybe due to too many devices connected to it) and has no gigabit ports which I would like.
Second option is to get a wired router, and connect main router, VPN router and the second apartment router as well as PC and NAS to it. The old main router would be in bridge mode so that the wireless devices can still access PC and NAS. VPN router and second apartment router don´t need to have access to them.
Any opinions that which option makes more sense? The cable Internet has a yearly cost of about 90 euros, which I can now use towards the new gear (plus a bit more if need to be).