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CG3000-2STAUS WiFi Router. Trying to configure as a WiFi AP but unable to route to internet gateway
I have an old Netgear WiFi router which Optus left me when I went on NBN. I want to use the old router as a WiFi AP to connect IoT devices to and keep these segregated from other devices on the home ...
Hi, Apologies for lack of clarity and information (and assumptions re your psychic powers), I wasn't even sure I would get a response, let alone such a fast one, thank you.
I attach a diagram of what I am trying to achieve with two subnets, one on each router. The NetGear is WiFi Router2 in below diagram and Sagemcom (new) is Router1
The tick marks are ping results. From Subnet1 to SSID3, I am able to ping 192.168.0.130 but not 133. I suspect 130 is a second IP address for Router1.
The Advanced Home screen of the NetGear router is as shown below. I don't know where to set the Default Gateway address (which should be 192.168.0.1?). I guess it cannot get an IP address without that since it will use it for DHCP? Maybe I need to set this as static, as you seem to be suggesting in your final comment? Anyway, thanks again for your help and I will continue my quest.
I think I need to somehow assign WiFi R2 a static "internet" address from the WiFi R1's subnet. And then set the Gateway and DNS address to that of WiFi R1.
However, these options are not availabe in the WAN Setup or Internet Setup tabs on WiFi R2 (NetGear). Is it possible that the ISP has disabled these options? Or that it is not configurable on this router model and I need to purchase one that does have them?