I'm sharing an Internet connection over a wireless link between two houses on the same property. I've set up a secondary router (Edge) as a local client, plugged into my local (ASUS) wifi router, then the Edge router uses DHCP to provide IP addresses to their clients. This does seem to work fine (it's been operating for years), but I'm aware it could be more elegant, in particular that they've got a double NAT configuration and are working through multiple firewalls at the remote house. What's the right way to do this? They don't need access to my local network, just to the Internet. They're neither very demanding nor very network-savvy, but if I could improve their service with some tweaking I'd like to (and might learn something).
I know I could remove the second router and let my router assign their IPs, but I'd like not to have them on my LAN, which is why I bought the second router.
I've never figured out setting up my own routing rules, but willing to if that's the right direction.
I'm also pretty lost trying to configure the EdgeRouter, which is way less layman-friendly than the ASUS.
Setup:
My router is an RT-AC86U running latest Merlin. On a Netgear cable modem, service is approx. 150/12 Mbps. All LAN clients are currently treated the same whether they're routers or anything else. LAN side of router is 192.168.42.1.
Remote house: I have a local EdgeRouter X and a 2.4 Ghz Engenius directional access point feeding the other house. (I installed a dual-band repeater over there to get signal to the far side of the house on 5 gHz.) Router WAN connection is 192.168.42.8 on my LAN. LAN side of the Edge is 192.168.1.1.
Any advice welcome. Thanks!
I know I could remove the second router and let my router assign their IPs, but I'd like not to have them on my LAN, which is why I bought the second router.
I've never figured out setting up my own routing rules, but willing to if that's the right direction.
I'm also pretty lost trying to configure the EdgeRouter, which is way less layman-friendly than the ASUS.
Setup:
My router is an RT-AC86U running latest Merlin. On a Netgear cable modem, service is approx. 150/12 Mbps. All LAN clients are currently treated the same whether they're routers or anything else. LAN side of router is 192.168.42.1.
Remote house: I have a local EdgeRouter X and a 2.4 Ghz Engenius directional access point feeding the other house. (I installed a dual-band repeater over there to get signal to the far side of the house on 5 gHz.) Router WAN connection is 192.168.42.8 on my LAN. LAN side of the Edge is 192.168.1.1.
Any advice welcome. Thanks!