Posts by Drew Robinson7

rapidfox6 said:It’s almost like asking, "I need dental surgery, how do I do it myself?" It is tough to give you a straight answer without understanding the fundamentals first... People actually pay thousands of dollars for specialized training to learn this stuff (I know I have😉.

Anyway, in a nutshell, here is the gist of it:

1. On the primary router—the one serving as your main gateway to the Wide Area Network (or just the internet)—you'll set up a DHCP pool and bind it to one of your interfaces.
2. Then, you connect the rest of your routers through an L2 or L3 switch back to that specific port.
3. And then, you just browse the web.🙂

As for which IP addresses to configure, honestly, it doesn't matter much—for home setups, people usually stick to something within the 192.168.x.x family (like 192.168.1.0/16).

Now, go ahead and do some deep diving on Google, and I’ll be rooting for you.

Thanks.

I could really use some guidance on how to daisy-chain three routers together...
The setup starts with a Cisco unit—that’s where my main internet feed comes in—and from there, I’m running a cable up to a second router, a Netgear, which sits on the next floor up. Then, from that Netgear, I have another cable running down to a third router, a TP-Link, located on the bottom floor.

So, let's talk configuration—what local LAN IP addresses should I be assigning to all three of these? I definitely Need DHCP enabled, but I'm a bit fuzzy on what the gateway settings should look like... and honestly, what exactly am I getting out of the WAN port in this specific scenario?

If anyone here is more tech-savvy than I am, please walk me through this. I don't mind setting static local IPs for my desktop PCs, but for my phone, I really need the Wireless connection to handle address assignment via DHCP—otherwise, I won't be able to get online properly.
Thanks in advance..