Accessing Router from WAN

[TheBird(s)]

I have an old Linksys EA6350 Router attached to an existing network essentially as an access point. If I have other devices plugged into this router and have ports forwarded to them from this router, is there a way for me to talk directly to this router and it’s devices as opposed to the entire network from WAN?

[gator81]

you will need to validate what i suggest as it may not be the best information but it could help.

2nd router will have its own IP since you cannot have them both with the same. Most linksys have web interface so you can open a web and type in the ip address you have assigned to the second router to open the menu. Right now i say this for wired connections. Connecting to other devices that are on the second router should be easier if there on the same IP pool.

Example your main router is 192.168.1.1 and your second one is 192.168.1.2 If you have something like 192.168.2.1 for the second one you can still communicate with tweaking but for basic usage it will not see the second ones devices unless you do more to config the network to auto sense the other connections on the second router.

You must already have something like this setup for them to work already.

If your trying to do this through WIFI there are more things you have to deal with to connect. I have not working with it for a long time but I read that you want the ssid to be about the same i believe so it just extends the wireless signal strength.

 

Remember this is not expert info and validate for your usage. It may be that it just gives you another idea that will resolve your issue..

 

good luck

[Alex Atkin UK]

On 1/11/2019 at 1:15 AM, TheBird(s) said:

I have an old Linksys EA6350 Router attached to an existing network essentially as an access point. If I have other devices plugged into this router and have ports forwarded to them from this router, is there a way for me to talk directly to this router and it’s devices as opposed to the entire network from WAN?

If the devices are isolated then you aren't actually using it merely as an access point, its an entirely different network.

 

Is there a particular reason you want these devices on a different LAN or is it just a side-effect of how you set it up?

Generally the easiest method is turn off DHCP on the second router and plug it into the main network from a LAN port, THEN it acts just as an access point.  But if you want to be able to access that routers UI you would need to give it a static IP on the main network BEFORE doing this.