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Two WiFi Networks in My Home - How to Make Home Media Server Operate? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by OwnWorker9521@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hi there,

First of all, sorry for the handwriting in the image below... wrote it very quickly. I recently installed a secondary router to work with my Quest 3 VR headset (so I can basically stream VR games wirelessly from my PC). This has a different network name and password. My PC is connected to it, along with my Apple TV, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. The thing is my Jellyfin media server is connected via my main router, which like I said before, has a different name and password. I can't have my Apple TV or my PC connect to the media server. I also can't connect from my PC to the media servers via Windows remote desktop, which I also strictly need. Any thoughts how I could fix this? Thanks!

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[–] sodium111@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this a double NAT situation? I'm unclear on why you need two networks. If you put the secondary router in bridge mode or access point mode, would that solve your problem? Is there a reason you can't set up the VR thing on the main router?

Or, why not connect your media server to the secondary network?

[–] OwnWorker9521@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't play the VR on the main router. The latency would make it unplayable.

To play on PCVR games with the Quest wirelessly, performance is massively improved with my secondary router since:

It's Wifi 6E instead of Wifi 5 (my main mesh router)

It makes an uninterrupted connection for the Quest

[–] Jdibs77@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think you're quite getting it. The issue here is not the fact that your VR headset works better over 6E on your new device that's closer. The issue is that you're insistent that you need that new device to ROUTE traffic. Turn off all typical router functions, (no DNS, no DHCP, don't use the WAN port, put it in bridge mode if able, etc.) and only use it as a switch/AP.

The problem isn't the need for better connectivity, the problem is the fact that the way you have achieved better connectivity causes other issues. And then you double down and insist that you have it set up correctly, when clearly you do not.