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Cm1200 port isolation
I would like to set up an second Wi-Fi network at home for my IOT devices and I’d like to keep it as isolated as possible from my home network. If I put a second Nitehawk router connected to one of...
It's possible if your ISP supports having another IP addresss on the same coax line. Someting to ask you ISP about. There maybe a cost fee to support that if they do. The main purpose of the CM1100 and 1200 is to support ISPs that can push more than 1 WAN IP to the modem thus the ability to have diffent WAN IPs assigned to each port.
Something to try out, connect another router to Port #2 and see if it gets an IP address, connect a wired PC to this router and see if it connects to the internet.
fcano42 wrote:
I would like to set up an second Wi-Fi network at home for my IOT devices and I’d like to keep it as isolated as possible from my home network.
If I put a second Nitehawk router connected to one of the other cm1200’s 4 ports, will it work? and if so how much isolation will there be?
I assume they will share the same IP address?? So will the CM1200 keep routing tables (right terminology??) to funnel traffic to the right port (normalwifi router or second Wi-Fi router for IOT)?
Thanks!