Network access/routing help

[Krolla]

Ok so I am hoping someone on here is a networking expert and can help me with this little conundrum. 

 

Ok so here is my setup. 

 

Comcast cable coming into house (Modem) Modem connected to Netgear R6900 ---> eithernet to gigabit switch. Gigabit switch going to various room in the house. 

 

Now i moved into this house (renting a room) and have a Netgear R6700. I plugged my R6700 into the wall. 

 

So now in my room i have a separate network (I believe this is called a subnet????)  (Now i know i could just change my router to AP mode and it will fix my problems but i didnt feel like reconfirming my phone and wemo's nvidia shield (which runs a Plex Server) etc etc to their SSID. (Even though at this point probably would of been faster but now i want to know if this is possible)

 

Ok so heres is what i want to do. 

 

I have a 6TB HD connected to my shield on R6700 network that i can access from my main computer (which i use to copy movie files to the HD)

 

I would like the devices (Nvidia shields and Computers) on the R6900 network to be able to access my 6TB Harddrive on the 6700 network. 

 

The routers are connected to each other so i think its possible????

[2FA]

You need to create a static route on each router. Let's say for example the R6900's network is 192.168.1.0 and the R6700's is 192.168.2.0. You will need to turn NAT off on the R6700.

 

So information going on each router:

R6900

-Destination Network (192.168.2.0)

-Subnet Mask (255.255.255.0)

-Next Hop (IP address of the R6700's WAN port on the R6900 subnet, you will need to find this out and statically assign it)

 

R6700

-Destination Network (0.0.0.0)

-Subnet Mask (0.0.0.0)

-Next Hop (192.168.1.1)

 

The 0.0.0.0 address basically means any destination, any subnet mask, any next hop.

 

See these images for some visualization, it will be slightly different on your own routers.

[Krolla]

Nice thank you for the replay.

 

I ended up just putting my R6700 into AP mode. I recently upgraded (as did the owner of the 6900) to this Nighthawk router. Me and the other person both owned old ass N600 routers. 

 

The AP mode on the Nighthawks is way better then on the N600 much more advanced. So i just went with that it solved all the problems. 

 

BTW i found the 6700 and 6900 for $35 and $40 SCORE!!