I just wanted to chime in and say that yall's advice was correct! I did try this setup before, but I messed something up at some point. I just needed to factory reset and start clean. Simply leaving the default router mode, plugged into WAN, and then share from my phone to the ethernet is all I...
Thanks for the suggestion! How can I set up DHCP for my LAN (presumably on the Windows side)? Do I just use a 3rd party server? And that doesn't conflict with Internet Connection Sharing, right?
I'm referring to add-ons, like Entware and the like, that can add additional USB device support. Alternate firmware could be another option, but AFAIK other firmware don't really support AX routers in general, let alone this one.
The devices I'd do that with are iPhones, running iOS 14. It's my understanding there's currently no software I can use with this router to USB tether them, and even if there was, the upstream fix for iOS 14's adding two bits or whatever has not trickled down anywhere yet.
As a fallback test, I...
Is there a way that I can share an internet connection from Windows 10 to my RT-AX86U LAN port, while also connecting to other devices on the LAN internally? Is LAN Client Routing the right tool for the job? Sorry I'm a noob when it comes to VPNs and intermediate routing setups like this...