WiFi Internet and lan for data transfer

[GraySenshi]

Basically I have no choice but to use the WiFi for Internet but I was planning on plugging in a second router and using that for my computers to talk and transfer files to each other over lan. How would I set this up

 

[bill001g]

Use a different subnet for the ethernet network and make sure the gateway address is left blank.

 

[GraySenshi]

The subnet is x in 192.168.x.1 and I assume you change that in the router settings. And make sure the lan is the same. Leave the wireless adapter alone

 

[bill001g]

It is very hard to do it the router you generally have to set it manually in the pc because home routers do not have the option to not send the gateway ip in the dhcp request.

 

[GraySenshi]

So when I plug the router in the main router it asked if I wanted to change it to 10.10.1.1 or something like that

 

[GraySenshi]

Btw I have a nighthawk r7000 for reference and ok so go to pc setting where you normally would set a static ip change it to 10. Something or 192.168.2.1 or something like that make sure the gateway is blank

 

[bill001g]

Yes that is all you do. Any network that is not the same as the main one from your internet connection. Be aware you must do this on both your PC that you want to talk. This network is separate from your main one and the data can not cross. You do not actually have to use a second router you can use a simple switch or you might be able to plug them directly using a cable. It is suppose to work with just a cable but some machines are really picky and don't like that.

 

[GraySenshi]

Well I got it were it could see the other computers on both routers but the WiFi wasn’t given internet even tho I was able to see the computers on that network

 

[bill001g]

Go to a cmd window and issue ROUTE PRINT. You should see a entry of 0.0.0.0 with the gateway address of you router that has internet access. If you see 2 0.0.0.0 entries then the gateway is not blank on the ethernet port.