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Und3f

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#185221 14-Nov-2015 15:17
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Hi all, Hope some of the expert or experience network Geekzone members can help with my questions.

My home network set up currently with main VDSL2 modem router downstairs and LAN powerline up to a router upstairs. It's currently working great but recently I purchased Seagate personal cloud NAS drive.

The way it set up now the main modem and router upstairs work in different domain/subnets and therefore for the NAS only visible in the main modem domain and none of the upstairs devices can't see the NAS drive.

Could anyone advise provide a great link for me on:

 

     

  1. How I can set up the router upstairs to be part of downstairs modem/router domain/subnet
  2. Whether this is the best way to set it up without degrading the current network performance as currently it's working great

 



Thank you in advance :)

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RunningMan
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  #1428045 14-Nov-2015 16:41
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Und3f: [snip]

Do I leave upstairs(router) powerline end to WAN port still?
From what I understood from reading google sources, to bridge I need to below steps. Am I missing anything?

 

     

  1. Update router IP address to the same subnet e.g. if modem 192.168.1.1 make sure router 192.168.1.X
  2. Disable DHCP

 

Thank you kindly




Depends!

If you can disable the routing functions in the router, so it is acting as a bridge only, then leave the powerline plugged into the WAN port - this effectively makes you have one big network.

If you can't run the router as a bridge, then the workaround is to do as you've written above, and as @Aredwood says, connect the powerline to a LAN port instead - this is a bit of a hack, but will generally work OK.



Und3f

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#1428053 14-Nov-2015 17:02
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Okay ALL - Thank you and thank you! 

Work like a charm... bridging was the answer and I can see my NAS drive and it's awesome.

Have a great day!

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