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Two routers on one network netgear setup
I currently have a RBR50 with two satellites connected to a Charter/Spectrum Arris cable modem and would like to make a second network with a separate router and am not sure how to go about it. F...
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Having two routers on the same network can cause problems. This would be a double NAT condition which isn't recommended. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
You can, however connect either router system to the modem and use the main host routers DMZ for the 2nd router behind the 1st router. The routers have to be on different sub nets, so 1st one can be on 192.168.1.1 while the 2nd needs to be on 192.168.2.1, or .2 being any number between .2 to .254.
Jostle wrote:I currently have a RBR50 with two satellites connected to a Charter/Spectrum Arris cable modem and would like to make a second network with a separate router and am not sure how to go about it.
From what I understand I could connect a new router to the cable modem and then connect the RBR50 with a wire to the new router and make the RBR50 an extension to the new router, all on one network? Can each router be its own network connected to the modem? Would they need to each connect to a switch and then to the modem, or something else? Thanks for any help.