Need help with home network dilemna

[Tech9]

Then your ISP equipment is a modem bridge only. What LAN ports do you expect there to work?

 

[OBENZ]

Then your ISP equipment is a modem bridge only. What LAN ports do you expect there to work?

It is on modem bridge mode only if I remember correctly as I set it up few years ago. So what solution do I have as I don’t want to rely on my wifi as I have some dead spots in 2 rooms. I now realised how stupid it was to route from the modem instead of cabling from the router

 

[Tech9]

So what solution do I have

- ISP modem/router with Wi-Fi enabled, wired to an Access Point with the same SSIDs
- Asus router next to the ISP modem only, wired to an Access Point with the same SSIDs or AiMesh node (second Asus router)

 

[OBENZ]

- ISP modem/router with Wi-Fi enabled, wired to an Access Point with the same SSIDs
- Asus router next to the ISP modem only, wired to an Access Point with the same SSIDs or AiMesh node (second Asus router)

I guess I’ll have to reset my isp ONT to be able to connect to it as I successfully connected to the wifi of the ont but since dhcp is disabled I got a private IP. Thanks for the help and suggestion will report back

 

[Tech9]

I successfully connected to the wifi of the ont

I don't know what is going on with your settings. Modem only doesn't have Wi-Fi option. Your Asus is perhaps stealing the external server connection through PPPoE Pass-through enabled on the ISP device. You have to read the user manuals and clear up the mess.

 

[degrub]

please provide the ISP equipment names and model numbers so we can give you more direct help.
A sketch of the network layout with all equipment/model #s and connections labeled would be helpful.