My internet service provider is having an infrastructure overhaul, switching every home to fiber optic from coaxial.
Along with this overhaul, they gave me a new modem (because the old one was for coaxial. The new one is for fiber).
The problem that I'm having is that this new modem doubles as a router. I already have my own router and I wish to continue using it instead of the one provided by my ISP.
Something about this new ISP-provided router is preventing my personal router from connecting to the Internet. At first I thought it was a local IP conflict (which turned out to be one of the problems) and I swiftly fixed that by giving the ISP-provided router "192.168.3.1" and my personal router "192.168.1.1".
My personal router still isn't able to connect to the Internet after fixing the IP conflict.
I suspect this is something to do with the DHCP server because both routers have their DHCP servers enabled. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the DHCP's job is to give IP addresses to local clients? Is this a thing that can be done with two routers?
One last thing, my personal router is connected to the ISP-provided router via one of the LAN ports.
Phew! That was a lot. I would appreciate any help or suggestions here 'cause networking is really not my forte!
Thanks in advance.
Along with this overhaul, they gave me a new modem (because the old one was for coaxial. The new one is for fiber).
The problem that I'm having is that this new modem doubles as a router. I already have my own router and I wish to continue using it instead of the one provided by my ISP.
Something about this new ISP-provided router is preventing my personal router from connecting to the Internet. At first I thought it was a local IP conflict (which turned out to be one of the problems) and I swiftly fixed that by giving the ISP-provided router "192.168.3.1" and my personal router "192.168.1.1".
My personal router still isn't able to connect to the Internet after fixing the IP conflict.
I suspect this is something to do with the DHCP server because both routers have their DHCP servers enabled. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the DHCP's job is to give IP addresses to local clients? Is this a thing that can be done with two routers?
One last thing, my personal router is connected to the ISP-provided router via one of the LAN ports.
Phew! That was a lot. I would appreciate any help or suggestions here 'cause networking is really not my forte!
Thanks in advance.