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Wired-only router in front of a wireless router
I have an AC3200, R8000 Wifi router. I want to have a wired-only router with at least 4 (preferably more) ethernet outlets in front of this at the modem and feed the wireless router from the wired r...
> I guess the configuration that I want would be:
>
> ISP --- modem --- wired-only-router --- wireless-access-point (with the
> wired router feeding some PCs, as well as the R8000 as a wireless access
> point 30 feet away.)
Do you already have the cable installed for that 30-foot run? If
your intention is to run a new cable for (a mere) 30 feet to get to the
R8000-as-WAP, then why not run two cables to that location, and use the
R8000 as your only router (Plan A)? (The second cable would run from a
LAN Ethernet port on the R8000, back to a (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet
switch near the modem, to feed the wired clients there.)
> What would be a good wired-only router, [...]
I haven't looked lately, and I don't know what your requirements are.
You might find it easier/cheaper to find a wireless router, and disable
its radio(s), if you really don't want to leave it/them operational.
Another 50 feet of cable and a (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet switch could be
cheaper than a second router (which might be less fancy than the R8000),
and the one-router Plan A would also be easier to administer.
> [...] would anything special have to be done to just use the R8000 as
> a WAP after the wired-only router?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a
Wireless Access Point". But I still think that Plan A (with more cable
and the (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet switch) would be a better choice.
The modem is a separate modem provided by the cable company.
The current configuation is ISP --- modem --- R8000 --- PCs, where the cable modem is supplied by the cable company.
I guess the configuration that I want would be:
ISP --- modem --- wired-only-router --- wireless-access-point (with the wired router feeding some PCs, as well as the R8000 as a wireless access point 30 feet away.)
What would be a good wired-only router, and would anything special have to be done to just use the R8000 as a WAP after the wired-only router? Thanks.
> I guess the configuration that I want would be:
>
> ISP --- modem --- wired-only-router --- wireless-access-point (with the
> wired router feeding some PCs, as well as the R8000 as a wireless access
> point 30 feet away.)
Do you already have the cable installed for that 30-foot run? If
your intention is to run a new cable for (a mere) 30 feet to get to the
R8000-as-WAP, then why not run two cables to that location, and use the
R8000 as your only router (Plan A)? (The second cable would run from a
LAN Ethernet port on the R8000, back to a (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet
switch near the modem, to feed the wired clients there.)
> What would be a good wired-only router, [...]
I haven't looked lately, and I don't know what your requirements are.
You might find it easier/cheaper to find a wireless router, and disable
its radio(s), if you really don't want to leave it/them operational.
Another 50 feet of cable and a (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet switch could be
cheaper than a second router (which might be less fancy than the R8000),
and the one-router Plan A would also be easier to administer.
> [...] would anything special have to be done to just use the R8000 as
> a WAP after the wired-only router?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a
Wireless Access Point". But I still think that Plan A (with more cable
and the (cheap, gigabit) Ethernet switch) would be a better choice.
That may be my best option. Thanks.