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Connecting RAX120 to the modem via an ethernet switch
I need to move my router and a couple of router connected devices to a shelf some distance away. There is a single Ethernet cable to the shelf. It appears as though I need both the Internet port to modem cable and the router to a switch to connect all my wireless and wired devices.
Is it possible to setup the following?
Internet Modem --> Ethernet Switch --> cable --> Ethernet Switch --> Router internet port
In this way I'd connect the router internet port to the switch, to the single cable to the 2nd switch and to the modem port. This would also allow the devices close to the router to be connected to the ethernet ports there and be reachable.
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Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the NightHawk RAX WiFi 6 Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with NH router products and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/bd-p/en-home-routers-nighthawk-wifi-ax6It is if thats the only device connected to the switches. Nothing else can be connected to the switches. It would not be recommended.
Optimal configuration should be:
Internet Modem --> Router internet port --> Ethernet Switch
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank you.
