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Hi. I am a novice at network setup. I currently have a Netgear CM2050V modem connected to a Nighthawk AX12 RAX200 router in my home. Speeds are around 600Mbps. I ran a Cat 5 cable via underg...
The cat 5 cable runs about 35 feet underground from the house to the garage. The house is stone and doesn’t allow the wifi signal to reach the garage apartment.
35 feet is no distance. Well within the standards. So it should work.
- I read the article about double NAT. Very interesting.
I do not have an ISP modem/router. Using all my own equipment. Netherworld CM2050V modem and Nighthawk RAX200 router in the house. The in-law apartment 35 feet away has a Nighthawk X10 R9000 router. Any problems with this setup? I also have a GS108 switch connecting both routers via an Ethernet cable.
PPMACK wrote:
I read the article about double NAT. Very interesting.
I do not have an ISP modem/router. Using all my own equipment. Netherworld CM2050V modem and Nighthawk RAX200 router in the house. The in-law apartment 35 feet away has a Nighthawk X10 R9000 router. Any problems with this setup? I also have a GS108 switch connecting both routers via an Ethernet cable.If one of the routers is not set as an Access Point (AP) you're still in a double NAT situation, regardless of how you connect them with eachothers
PPMACK wrote:
The in-law apartment 35 feet away has a Nighthawk X10 R9000 router. Any problems with this setup?Yes. As microchip8 says the same thing applies. That is why I mentioned it. Your description screamed out trouble.
It doesn't matter what the network has at the front end. It is the dual router thing that causes confusion.
