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Secondary router acting weird (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/networking@sh.itjust.works

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(I know that I should have just used a mesh network)

I have a router from my ISP, and it is placed at one end of my house. My Chromecast, printer, and other IoT devices are connected to it. I recently connected another router via Powerline to the other end to get quicker speeds, and to get Ethernet for my PC. However, I can't print off of the second router's network, and I can't use the Chromecast virtual remote. The router shows up as a single device on my ISP router, and none of my other devices connected to it show up.

Do I need to put the router in bridge mode, or do I just need to mess around with the configuration of it?
Will the router support 5GHz still? (My ISP router is only 2.4GHz) \

Second router model: Linksys EA6350

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[–] kewko@lemdro.id 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want to have your second router in bridge mode. Something like this https://www.linksys.com/gb/support-article/?articleNum=137888

[–] tester1121@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Will this disable 5GHz wifi and the ethernet ports on my Linksys router, and will the Linksys router's control panel be unreachable once in bridge mode?

[–] 1473_bytes@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You should be good. It's simple to reset the router if needed anyway

[–] kewko@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

It depends on the specifics of the router and configuration, but it doesn't have to. It won't be your "gateway" anymore but it might be accessible on it's own ip. Same with 5ghz no reason it has to be lost