Recent content by georgecb

Whoops! Let me just go and turn those back on then. I mainly turned them off because 2b (untrusted network) was running slow. I could only get about 4Mbps download speed over WiFi , but upload speed was normal (around 30 Mb). Only seemed to affect WiFi; if I connected to the router with...

All working well so far. Thanks everyone! Quick question. I've turned off the firewalls on all routers except router 1 (the Totolink router connected to the internet). Reason being I was worried the firewalls might start conflicting with each other on the internal network. Wondered if this was...

Great stuff. And just to check... Would I also need to change the primary and secondary DNS servers in the DHCP settings to mirror those in the WAN settings? I.e. 1.1.1.1 and 9.9.9.9? Or are the WAN DNS settings the only ones that matter?

Thanks so much for this. Correct, DHCPs 192.168.0.10 (router 1) and 192.168.1.10 (router 2b) are both starting IPs of the DHCP pool. Glad most of it's correct. If I've understood your suggestion, I'd be better off making the primary and secondary WAN DNS servers for router 2b 1.1.1.1 and...

Hi Colin I've done some more reading and I think this is how I'm going to try to set the network up (photo attached). I'm hoping all the settings are right but perhaps you can correct me. Main thing I'm not sure about is whether I've setup the DHCP server right on router 2b, or whether DHCP...

OK I'll do that then. Any special DHCP settings/IP addresses I need to give the routers?

Excellent point re: the reset button. (Embarrassingly I hadn't thought of that). I think that's the final nail in the coffin for the 'separate LAN networks' idea. Guests will have unrestricted access to the router anyway so absolutely nothing to stop them (in the highly unlikely event that a...

Hi, thank for the response. See my response to Colin with router types. I'd be interested to hear what you think is possible based on the routers. Although, based on what you have said, more and more I'm thinking maybe we skip guest network/firewall stuff as my nose is already starting to...

Hi Colin, Plan is for Router 1 and 2b to be Totolink A3002RU-V2 AC1200 Router 2a will be Asus RT-AC86U The Totolink router is the one installed by the broadband company so it will be Router 1 by default. It's fairly cheap but doesn't need to be good as the WiFi only needs short range and will...

Hello Network Wizards! I'm a complete n00b trying to work out how to setup my own home network and I seek your sage counsel. I have 3 wireless routers that I would like to connect. 1. Router 1: my primary router and modem that is connected to the internet via fibre optic broadband cable. Also...