2.5G stand-alone router recommendations
7 minutes ago, MattWeiler said:If I cannot disable the routing capabilities of my Bell modem/router/AP, can I still setup another router in my network; or is that ill advised?
My new Bell modem/router/AP only allows me to connect devices using the IP range 192.168.2.2 - 192.168.2.255.
As I understand it, I should be able to setup a 2nd router that could then create a subnet possibly on 192.168.1.*.
But TBH, I don't know much more about subnets than the above
I should note that the switches currently in my network are all unmanaged switches.
You can, but you will have double nat issues then, as you will be routing then routing again. If you use pfsense or opnsense, you can assign multiple vlans in software, so multiple subnets, if needed. A quick google brings up this for bridge mode, so there will probably be some good things in there to help with that part of the equation. As long as the unmanged switches still allow the vlan tags to pass through and don't strip them away, you should be able to have multiple vlans through the unmanaged switches
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