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Two routers, same network segment.. configuration help
Pretty basic network configuration:
Comcast/Xfinity coax into the house -> Xfinity cable modem (first network)
-> RAX10 router on the other side of the house (wired, <100ft) to provide additional stronger/faster wifi
I have a NAS that's wired to the Xfinity router so it's on that network segment which means devices connected to the RAX10 router can't "see" the first network so I have to connect via wifi to the Xfinity wifi router to access the NAS.
I have a good bit of network experience, but not an expert. I feel like I should be able to put the Netgear router into some passive mode where it passes the DHCP through to the Netgear attached devices but not sure of the actual Netgear/RAX10 configuration options.
Re: Two routers, same network segment.. configuration help
Thanks! Yeah, by "router" I meant the physical device, not the way it was configured to work.
I had messed with this before and got myself into a mess where I had to connect directly to the router to fix it so I was cautious diving back in before asking.
Basically I wanted the Netgear to get an IP from the Xfinity router (which it already does) but then pass network traffic through so devices connecting to the Netgear were getting the DHCP from the Xfinity router. But things online talking about APs seemed to be talking about wifi to wifi connections or something and that's not what I wanted since I have a wired connection to the Netgear. I think I had tried just turning off DHCP on the Netgear and setting it's wifi network to be the same network segment as the Xfinity and things got weird and annoying.
Setting it to AP instead of Router did exactly what I wanted it to do.
