What I have:
Spectrum cable modem 2.5G
Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router
Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch --> Three PCs in house
Cisco Router (2003 model)
I have been running a home system with the following config for a few years:
OLD: Cable modem --> Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> (Netgear switch and Cisco Router)
Just today:
NEW: Cable modem --> Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> (Netgear switch and Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router)
Note that the Ethernet ports of the Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router feeds two things: Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch and Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router.
So, the MAIN router is the Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router
Today replaced the Cisco Router with a new Tp-link router (noted above).
Now, when I go into Admin screen of my Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router, I can't see the Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch. What I see is just the Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router.
Everything is working fine. However: When I go to the Admin screen of the new Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router, the devices connected to the Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch are there. It is as if AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router became the " Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch". I don't want this! The AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router is for a separate part of our condo unit.
I tried blacklisting the wired devices connected to the AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router -- just to see if the upstream Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router would redirect them back to the 5-port Gigabit switch. No! Those devices remained disabled.
BOTTOM LINE:
I did not have this issue with the old Cisco Router.
I need the Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router to stop being the switch.
Spectrum cable modem 2.5G
Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router
Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch --> Three PCs in house
Cisco Router (2003 model)
I have been running a home system with the following config for a few years:
OLD: Cable modem --> Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> (Netgear switch and Cisco Router)
Just today:
NEW: Cable modem --> Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router --> (Netgear switch and Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router)
Note that the Ethernet ports of the Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router feeds two things: Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch and Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router.
So, the MAIN router is the Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router
Today replaced the Cisco Router with a new Tp-link router (noted above).
Now, when I go into Admin screen of my Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router, I can't see the Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch. What I see is just the Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router.
Everything is working fine. However: When I go to the Admin screen of the new Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router, the devices connected to the Netgear Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch are there. It is as if AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router became the " Ethernet wired-only 5-port Gigabit switch". I don't want this! The AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router is for a separate part of our condo unit.
I tried blacklisting the wired devices connected to the AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router -- just to see if the upstream Netgear R6080 Wi-Fi Router would redirect them back to the 5-port Gigabit switch. No! Those devices remained disabled.
BOTTOM LINE:
I did not have this issue with the old Cisco Router.
I need the Tp-link AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router to stop being the switch.
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