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I have a nighthawk X6 router. If I connect with a LAN to the internet modem I get good wifi and internet. If I connect the internet modem to a Netgear FS105 and then connect a LAN to the router I g...
Too bad it has to work that way. Looks like I will have to run two cables from the basement to the router which will be on the second floor. One for input to the router and one back to the switch. But, thanks again.
> [...] I have an FS105 switch connected to an fiber optic modem ( where
> the internet comes into my house) via an ethernet cable.
Is the (unspecified) "fiber optic modem" also a router? If not, then
connecting a switch to it might be very unwise. If so, then you may
have problems in some cases from cascading the two routers.
> [...] Is it possible that the "slow" characteristics of the FS105 made
> it take so long for the router to recognize the internet signal?
Probably not, but any change in the wiring could confuse some
devices, especially when two routers are involved.
> I'm guessing I should have gotten the GS105 instead.
It would be more appropriate for the devices with gigabit ports.
> [...] The reason I have the FS105 between the modem and the router is
> that my desktop computer, printer, smart TV are all in the basement and
> I want the router on the second floor [...]
If the "fiber optic modem" is also a router, then it might make some
sense to configure the R7900 as a wireless access point. That would put
everything on one big LAN, which would eliminate any two-router
problems. 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".
If the "fiber optic modem" is also a router, then it might make some
sense to configure the R7900 as a wireless access point. That would put
everything on one big LAN, which would eliminate any two-router
problems. 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".
This is in my opinion, the best approach for your big houre.
Updates. The modem is not a router. Another interesting thing I discovered. If the ethernet cable from the FS105 to the router is pluged into one of the four output ports of the router I can get internet wifi but if I plug it into the yellow Internet port I get nothing. If I connect the modem directly to the routers yellow port via an ethernet cable everything works fine.
All your systems must resde on the LAN/WLAN side of your router. Direct conections to the "Internet" as you have done using the switch on the Internet or WAN side are in general limited, the ISP only assing one (or very few) public IP addresses - to use on a single router typically.
The data path must be:
FTTH---Modem---WAN-port---Router---WiFiLAN-ports---Switch---otherSystems
Too bad it has to work that way. Looks like I will have to run two cables from the basement to the router which will be on the second floor. One for input to the router and one back to the switch. But, thanks again.
> [...] The modem is not a router.
In that case (as already explained), you should connect only one
thing, normally your router, to it.
> [...] If the ethernet cable from the FS105 to the router is pluged
> into one of the four output ports of the router I can get internet
> wifi but if I plug it into the yellow Internet port I get nothing.
You lost me on that wiring description, but the key point is that (as
your ISP has configured its stuff) your modem can be connected to only
one device which has an IP address (directly, or through a switch). If
you connect multiple devices to it, then at most one of them can work
(and even one would be questionable).
> [...] Looks like I will have to run two cables from the basement to
> the router which will be on the second floor.
That should do it. It's that, or else put a router near the modem,
and a wireless access point in the remote location. A second cable
probably costs less. (But, if the basement router had enough gigabit
Ethernet LAN ports, then you could discard the FS105.) As usual, many
things are possible.
