(I know that I should have just used a mesh network)

I have a router from my ISP, and it is placed at one end of my house. My Chromecast, printer, and other IoT devices are connected to it. I recently connected another router via Powerline to the other end to get quicker speeds, and to get Ethernet for my PC. However, I can’t print off of the second router’s network, and I can’t use the Chromecast virtual remote. The router shows up as a single device on my ISP router, and none of my other devices connected to it show up.

Do I need to put the router in bridge mode, or do I just need to mess around with the configuration of it?
Will the router support 5GHz still? (My ISP router is only 2.4GHz) \

Second router model: Linksys EA6350

  • Possibly linux
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Your network is behind a second NAT. You need to put your router in bridge mode if you want to have the dhcp and firewall disabled.

    Honestly the best answer is to get a dump network switch and plug in all of the devices to it. From there you should configure the WiFi router as a dump AP.

    Personally what I did was install openwrt on two devices and then setup roaming with 802.11r

    Your router looks like its supported if your feeling brave https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/ea6350_v3