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Two routers one network
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What is your goal/why are you wanting to do this?
They probably both have the same LAN IP address which is not going to work.
They probably both have the same LAN IP address which is not going to work.
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The proper way to do this is to change the settings on the ISP's router to convert it to a bridge and plug your gaming rig into your router. Then you only have one device performing routing.
This, or vice versa, doesn't really matter so long as one of the device is in bridge mode. You'd probably want that to be the ISP's crap gear and use your own for your internal network though.
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Having done this before with a U-Verse Gateway - the best thing to do is connect router 2 (via it's WAN port) to a LAN port on router 1 and put the IP that router 2 gets in the DMZ of router 1. This is essentially the same thing that Mackintire said, but some ISP equipment doesn't officially have a bridged mode so this is the 2nd best thing (and is again essentially the same).
Both routers will have to have different LAN IP addresses, but you can leave DHCP turned on in both devices. IE if one's a 192.168.0.1, make the other 192.168.1.1 (or 2.1, 3.1 etc).
Again - did this myself with the U-Verse 2wire gateway and several routers. U-Verse UG does not support UPnP and is pretty basic on features, so (in my case) I left my U-Verse tv boxes hooked up to the UG and hooked all computers, consoles, printers etc. up to my router behind the UG.
Since router 2 is in the DMZ of router 1, router 1 passes through everything. Make sure router 2 has NAT enabled.
Both routers will have to have different LAN IP addresses, but you can leave DHCP turned on in both devices. IE if one's a 192.168.0.1, make the other 192.168.1.1 (or 2.1, 3.1 etc).
Again - did this myself with the U-Verse 2wire gateway and several routers. U-Verse UG does not support UPnP and is pretty basic on features, so (in my case) I left my U-Verse tv boxes hooked up to the UG and hooked all computers, consoles, printers etc. up to my router behind the UG.
Since router 2 is in the DMZ of router 1, router 1 passes through everything. Make sure router 2 has NAT enabled.
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A better setup would be to take the WDR4300 and set it up as an access point instead of router. Disable DHCP on the WDR, and take the LAN wire and plug it into one of the LAN ports on the WDR instead of the WAN port. You would have to setup the WDR with a Static IP that is within the range of the ISP Router, and you should be good to go.
If the base firmware of the WDR doesn't allow for Access Point setups, then consider changing it to something like DD-WRT. There are plenty of Google'able places to learn how to install and configure DDWRT as an Access Point.
If the base firmware of the WDR doesn't allow for Access Point setups, then consider changing it to something like DD-WRT. There are plenty of Google'able places to learn how to install and configure DDWRT as an Access Point.
I just tried DDWRT and OPENWRT, after I failed to setup on stock firmware. There is something weird. I get and IP from my ISP router on my WDR, but there is no internet connection. Even when I set it up as simple router and plug in a cable in to WAN, still no internet access on my PC. I will google a liitle about OPENWRT, and try to setup as you suggested. Thanks
This is exactly the sort of thing that I have done in the past as well, when putting two routers on the same subnet. Generally, a router will come with an address range of 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x, where x is either 1 or 254. Some, like some Belkins I have encountered, have 192.168.1.x for LAN and 192.168.2.x for WLAN.