Hello folks,
I am fairly new to all network setups. Up until recently it's been super basic setup. Been using my ISP box and using a RT-AC86U in AP mode for my wireless. Recently I started sharing my connection with couple neighbors. This got me into looking at my setup as I wanted to be able to monitor the bandwidth the are using and limit speeds and possibly services on the wireless side, specifically for the 2.4ghz band which is the connection I let guests connect to.
I recently replaced my ISP router with a Pfsense box, which does let me see things on a client to client basis. And I started to look at my Wireless and realized there isn't much that can be done in AP mode. I can't set bandwidth limits for the guest network, can't monitor anything except IP's and see connections. So I thought, I'd switch the wireless to Router mode and disable NAT so I can do some of this stuff. Well I can't seem to figure out how to get this working, mainly because it seems I can't have the wan and LAN on same subnet? I imagine most likely I just don't understand something properly and this is probably a dumb question, And I apologize if this is the case or if I have missed some obvious post or info somewhere.
At the moment the only two ways I have been able to use it is as AP mode and Client mode, neither of which seem to give me much control. I was hoping maybe someone could help me out.
I am fairly new to all network setups. Up until recently it's been super basic setup. Been using my ISP box and using a RT-AC86U in AP mode for my wireless. Recently I started sharing my connection with couple neighbors. This got me into looking at my setup as I wanted to be able to monitor the bandwidth the are using and limit speeds and possibly services on the wireless side, specifically for the 2.4ghz band which is the connection I let guests connect to.
I recently replaced my ISP router with a Pfsense box, which does let me see things on a client to client basis. And I started to look at my Wireless and realized there isn't much that can be done in AP mode. I can't set bandwidth limits for the guest network, can't monitor anything except IP's and see connections. So I thought, I'd switch the wireless to Router mode and disable NAT so I can do some of this stuff. Well I can't seem to figure out how to get this working, mainly because it seems I can't have the wan and LAN on same subnet? I imagine most likely I just don't understand something properly and this is probably a dumb question, And I apologize if this is the case or if I have missed some obvious post or info somewhere.
At the moment the only two ways I have been able to use it is as AP mode and Client mode, neither of which seem to give me much control. I was hoping maybe someone could help me out.