Dumb Home lab question

markr54632 · September 26, 2018

So, I do not have a comfortable area to set up my home networking lab. I am trying to think of a way to remote access the stack from the comfort of my office on my home network. I am using an ESP-16 mi console server via telnet to access my rack. I just run a long ethernet cable to my laptop and work on the sofa, which is not ideal.

I do have a netgear wifi bridge. If I were to connect the wifi bridge to the network, exclude the term server's address from the dhcp pool on my home router and static assign the address would I be able to access my rack anywhere in the house? Should this work?

Windows7ge · September 27, 2018

I believe what you're talking about just extends the existing Wi-Fi signal. I'm not sure if it uses an IP at all but if it connects you to the existing Wi-Fi from the source router then yes it'll let you remote in from anywhere within the house.

Alex Atkin UK · September 27, 2018

Can you assign a static IP via your router DHCP settings (its generally easier than excluding it)? Does your router have WiFi?

markr54632 · September 27, 2018

2 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Can you assign a static IP via your router DHCP settings (its generally easier than excluding it)? Does your router have WiFi?

I don't believe so. I actually need about 10 addresses excluded for random projects anyway.

The router I am using for my home network is nothing special. It's a tenda ac1900. Reliable as heck for a home router. I also have a linksys router running dd-wrt and another running lede if I need them. I mostly have these because the process was fun.