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I figure I would appeal to the experts and gurus here who really know there stuff and can truly educate me and not just throw a couple words at me and then dismiss me.
I am asking about router cascading. Any help on adding to my understanding of my DHCP Problems due to a Switch not passing the packets (not manageable - basic TPLINK model) + WNDR37000 Router linked to SB6141 Cable Modem- R7000 Router for Remote and Wireless: in detail, would be most appreciated.
I did it successfully except I have the SB6141 router that can only have one cable (located for wireless) - and it must? be cascaded via wan-lan - because the firmware wont seem to work properly otherwise. The cascade worked except there is no way to get the devices to use the WAN SB6141 routers DHCP server - except I might have found a way but I don't know its implications - security or hardware malpractice leading to failure or some bad result in any form. I need you to shed some light on the issue.
What I did since the switch would not pass the packets through the WAN ports was:
1. Turn off DHCP on LAN WNDR37000 Router.
2. Plug a Cable from the Wan SB6141 (Lan port) into Lan WNDR37000 (Lan Port) making it a Ethernet cascade (Whats the tradeoff here?)
3. Take a very short cable and on the WAN SB6141 Router put in between the WAN port and an unused LAN port. (What is the security/software/hardware risk implications?) - It did resolve the issue of allowing the devices to resolve to the correct DHCP server.
Am I screwing with my hardware and frying it? Am I screwing with security? Am I doing thing redundantly and needlessly?
Thank you to those truly willing to help in advance.
HP
I am asking about router cascading. Any help on adding to my understanding of my DHCP Problems due to a Switch not passing the packets (not manageable - basic TPLINK model) + WNDR37000 Router linked to SB6141 Cable Modem- R7000 Router for Remote and Wireless: in detail, would be most appreciated.
I did it successfully except I have the SB6141 router that can only have one cable (located for wireless) - and it must? be cascaded via wan-lan - because the firmware wont seem to work properly otherwise. The cascade worked except there is no way to get the devices to use the WAN SB6141 routers DHCP server - except I might have found a way but I don't know its implications - security or hardware malpractice leading to failure or some bad result in any form. I need you to shed some light on the issue.
What I did since the switch would not pass the packets through the WAN ports was:
1. Turn off DHCP on LAN WNDR37000 Router.
2. Plug a Cable from the Wan SB6141 (Lan port) into Lan WNDR37000 (Lan Port) making it a Ethernet cascade (Whats the tradeoff here?)
3. Take a very short cable and on the WAN SB6141 Router put in between the WAN port and an unused LAN port. (What is the security/software/hardware risk implications?) - It did resolve the issue of allowing the devices to resolve to the correct DHCP server.
Am I screwing with my hardware and frying it? Am I screwing with security? Am I doing thing redundantly and needlessly?
Thank you to those truly willing to help in advance.
HP