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XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Klawtrax
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XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Hello All

Right now I have an X4s doing the work of both the modem and router. I have also an XR500 on the shelf that I can use.

What I want to do:

My brother and his family live upstairs, me and my family live downstairs. I want to share the one cable internet between both of us. We both will be using smart home devices like light switches and Alexa so I want two separate networks. How is the best way to accomplish this?

I know the xr500 has AP mode however I would loose 80% of its features as a gaming router and I hate to do that. 

Thanks for any suggestions.

Tim

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FURRYe38
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Whats the X4S? C7800 or R7800? 

 

What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?

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plemans
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Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Not sure what the X4S is. 

But you could go

modem---XR500 (in router mode)-----X4S (in AP mode)

That'd preserve the gaming features of the xr500 and allow the brothers to run off the x4s in ap mode. 

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Klawtrax
Aspirant

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Sorry about that I wrote down the wrong model number it’s a Netgear C 7800 modem router combo.
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FURRYe38
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Try putting the C7800 in modem only mode:

https://kb.netgear.com/27191/How-to-set-the-cable-modem-router-to-be-on-modem-only

 

Then you can use the XR as the main router.

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Klawtrax
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Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

I’m looking to make two separate wireless networks
With both networks having a full featured router
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FURRYe38
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Then run the C7800 in gateway mode and use the modems DMZ for the XR500. 

If you run both wifi, be sure to use manual channels far apart on each unit. 

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plemans
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

Then what is the X4S?

If you're wanting separate systems leave the primary router as main and leave the 2nd on in router mode and put its ip address into the 1st one's dmz. Or just leave it in a double nat. 

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FURRYe38
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please

The X4S is a C7800, modem version of the R7800. 

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plemans
Guru

Re: XR500 and X4S on the same network. Need help please


@FURRYe38 wrote:

The X4S is a C7800, modem version of the R7800. 


Missed that in the relies. 

 

You can either run a double nat or put the XR500's ip address into the C7800's dmz. 

Up to you which route you go. 

Just make sure to have the Xr500 and the C7800 on different wireless channels to prevent interference. 

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