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A mess of a home network (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by PaydayJones@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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I am sorry in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for advice....but here goes..

My network consists of 1 fios modem and 2 routers. Basically, the Modem brings the signal, router 1 is a netgear that I want to handle the wireless throughout the house. I would prefer the Modem not handle any of the wifi responsibilities.

Router 2 is in a separate room and is situated there in order to have everything in that room hardwired.

The network, overall is a mess of a mess. It's not streamlined and I am assuming there is non-stop collisions.

Overall, in my head, the set up is Modem-->Router 1 which handles the wireless and a guest network-->router 2 which is really just hardwired back to router 1 so that I can have wired devices for work in a separate room.

I would _prefer_ not to run any more wire even if it means eliminating the second router, but how do I organize all of this so that the network runs at full capacity smoothy and (hopefully) all the devices can see each other for sharing purposes...that part isn't 100% necessary.

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[–] MrMotofy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Router 2 should be a switch unless you need the extra stuff for something. At a minimum it should be in AP mode. Otherwise it's very unlikely you're getting "collisions", it's just humming along like networks do

[–] MrMotofy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You can tell by the IP address range if they're on the same network, normally. If device behind router B can successfully ping device on router A then you're on the same

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