Having some problems with my home network. Please Help!

[triggerh4ppy]

Hi All,

I need some help with my home network set up:

I currently have a ASUS AC88U as my main router, this is wired to a switch which then provides access to ethernet points all around the house. This has worked great so far allowing me to have wired and wireless access around the house.

I have then added a connection to a newly build external outbuilding also via ethernet which also works fine.

I wanted to also have wired AND wireless access in the outbuilding so decided to connect an old router to the outbuilding ethernet connection and try to use this as an access point, this is where the trouble starts.
My devices either connect to the Main router and work with the internet but then this stops the outbuilding router from connecting to the internet or vice versa. I cant seem to manage to get both running at the same time.

I will sometimes have to physically remove the ethernet going out to the outbuilding before I am able to use the internet using the ASUS router

The ASUS router has the following settings:
IP Address - 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
DHCP Server Enabled
IP Pool Starting Address -192.168.1.2
IP Pool Ending Address - 192.168.1.199

"Asus Log snippet"
Apr 21 17:46:35 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 via br0
Apr 21 17:46:36 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.190 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:38 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.232 (192.168.1.200) from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.232.
Apr 21 17:46:38 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.232 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 via br0
Apr 21 17:46:38 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:38 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.190 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:38 DSL-AC88U daemon.warn miniupnpd[3026]: SSDP packet sender 169.254.58.61:58096 not from a LAN, ignoring
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: Reclaiming not used lease 192.168.1.190.
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.190 (192.168.1.1) from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.190 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.190 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:39 DSL-AC88U daemon.warn miniupnpd[3026]: SSDP packet sender 169.254.58.61:58096 not from a LAN, ignoring
Apr 21 17:46:40 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: Reclaiming not used lease 192.168.1.190.
Apr 21 17:46:40 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.190 (192.168.1.1) from 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:46:40 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.190 to 38:22:e2:26:2b:43 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 17:48:12 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhclient: XMT: Solicit on eth0.0, interval 125660ms.
Apr 21 17:50:19 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhclient: XMT: Solicit on eth0.0, interval 126340ms.

Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.227 from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.227.
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.227 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.5 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.227 (192.168.1.200) from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.227.
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.227 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:01 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.5 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: Reclaiming not used lease 192.168.1.5.
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.5 (192.168.1.1) from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.5 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.5 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.227 (192.168.1.200) from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.227.
Apr 21 18:00:02 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.227 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0
Apr 21 18:00:08 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhclient: XMT: Solicit on eth0.0, interval 111010ms.
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.227 from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.227.
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.227 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.5 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 (DESKTOP-1D0F45C) via br0
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.227 (192.168.1.200) from 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0: unknown lease 192.168.1.227.
Apr 21 18:00:21 DSL-AC88U daemon.info dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.1.227 to 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 via br0

The OUTBUILDING (ZYXEL) Router has the following settings:
IP Address - 192.168.1.200
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
IP Address Range 192.168.1.201 ~ 192.168.1.254

Zyxel Router snippet (No Idea why the date and time is wrong but this is for the same time period as above:

43	Nov 25 22:54:06	daemon	debug	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: sendLeaseMessageToESMD send to esmd buf = {\"ac\":\"add\",\"expire\":\"773663\",\"mac\":\"40:ec:99:6d:e7:55\",\"ip\":\"192.168.1.227\",\"host\":\"DESKTOP-1D0F45C\",\"vendor\":\"MSFT 5.0\",\"moui\":\"*\",\"serial\":\"*\",\"pclass\":\"*\",\"cid\":\"01:40:ec:99:6d:e7:55\",\"ifname\":\"br0\"}
44	Nov 25 22:54:06	daemon	info	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: sendLeaseMessageToESMD
45	Nov 25 22:53:56	daemon	info	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPNAK(br0) 192.168.1.5 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 wrong server-ID
46	Nov 25 22:53:52	daemon	info	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPNAK(br0) 192.168.1.5 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 address not available
47	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
48	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
49	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
50	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
51	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
52	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
53	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
54	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
55	Nov 25 22:51:58	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
56	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
57	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
58	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
59	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
60	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
61	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
62	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
63	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: NOTIFY
64	Nov 25 22:51:57	user	notice	upnp	zupnp: upnp: ssdp:alive
65	Nov 25 22:51:24	user	info	httpd	zHttpd: Account: User 'admin' login from the host(192.168.1.5).
66	Nov 25 22:49:31	daemon	info	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPNAK(br0) 192.168.1.5 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 wrong server-ID
67	Nov 25 22:49:27	daemon	info	dhcpd	dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPNAK(br0) 192.168.1.5 40:ec:99:6d:e7:55 address not available

What am I doing wrong? Any advice appreciated (sorry if its obvious im a newbie to home networks!)

Thanks

 

[L&LD]

Reset the second router to factory defaults. Does it have AP mode? If so, use that. Do so by connecting a cable from the main Router's LAN ports to the WAN port of the second router (AP).

 

[Tech9]

What am I doing wrong?

Running second DHCP server on what you need to be an Access Point only. If this Zyxel router has no Access Point mode available - disable DHCP, NAT, UPnP on it, use LAN port for connection to your main router, ser LAN IP in main router's subnet in or out of DHCP range, set DNS/Gateway to main router's LAN IP. The goal is to turn the Zyxel into wired-to-wireless bridge only, no routing. Try again. If not possible on this model - get a proper Access Point.

 

[triggerh4ppy]

Running second DHCP server on what you need to be an Access Point only. If this Zyxel router has no Access Point mode available - disable DHCP, NAT, UPnP on it, use LAN port for connection to your main router, ser LAN IP in main router's subnet in or out of DHCP range, set DNS/Gateway to main router's LAN IP. The goal is to turn the Zyxel into wired-to-wireless bridge only, no routing. Try again. If not possible on this model - get a proper Access Point.

This worked perfectly! I forgot to turn off DHCP on the 2nd router!.

Thanks so much All!