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Strange behaviour: WiFi/internet RAX200
Internet/WiFi behaving very strange. RAX200 Hey guys. I'm seeing some strange behaviour on my WiFi at the moment and I'm trying to figure out what is happening. I have an RAX200 connected to Sk...
I would leave the Sky router connected and then connect the RAX router to the Sky router. Remove any ISP configurations from the RAX router. Just use DHCP for the WAN connection on the RAX router. Use the Sky routers DMZ for the IP address the RAX router gets from the Sky router. Disable ALL wifi radios on the Sky router. Observe you findings using this configuration on the RAX router.
Hi again Furry,
Thanks again for your reply. I have something else to report ... I am a little reluctant to connect the Hub to the RAX as I was seeing a double NAT the last time I did this - Sky don't allow a bridge mode on their router. Would the set up you describe cause this? Either way, currently the Sky router is connecting fine with the extender so I am able to get the desired result - A good home office connection.
As I mentioned I was hesitant to make the change, but I thought I'd try to add the Sky DNS addresses to the RAX and see if this corrected the issue and so rebooted the RAX, refreshed the connection for fibre and have booted up the laptop that wouldn't connect to the internet ... everything is working. It seems that after having the hub connected for a few hours, whatever the issue was is resolved.
Do you have any idea what it could be?! I'm totally confused here and unsure if the best course of action would be to leave things as they are (RAX only) or whether to simply have the hub pushing out to the extender for fear that this will inevitably happen again at some point in the future.
The DMZ on the SKY router solves the double NAT issue with the RAX in this configuration.
I would also try the RAX in AP mode connected to the SKY router as well. No DMZ needed for this mode.Possible that the ISP DNS is not getting to the RAX from the ONT when the SKY Router is not connected. Try the RAX back has main host router with DNS changes and ISP configuration with the ONT only and see...