Two WAN Router Gateways to Vumatel CPE

[999pcl]

Hi all, I have a 20mbps (Uncapped) MWeb Fibre line on Vumatel CPE. Is it POSSIBLE ( if yes, am I allowed? ) to install TWO WAN Routers as my gateways to Vumatel CPE as the CPE has 8 LAN ports? I have a free router from MWeb (ZyXel AMG1302-T11C) and a TP-Link Archer AC3200 Tri-band Gigabit Router. I'm thinking of using them BOTH as my gateways. My purpose for two gateways is (1.) TP-Link router as my gateway for downloading/streaming/gaming on my PCs and Smart TV. (2.) ZyXel router as gateways for mobile phones and tablets. Please anyone advise me if I'm allowed and possible to have two gateways. Thanks.

 

[coop]

Hi all, I have a 20mbps (Uncapped) MWeb Fibre line on Vumatel CPE. Is it POSSIBLE ( if yes, am I allowed? ) to install TWO WAN Routers as my gateways to Vumatel CPE as the CPE has 8 LAN ports? I have a free router from MWeb (ZyXel AMG1302-T11C) and a TP-Link Archer AC3200 Tri-band Gigabit Router. I'm thinking of using them BOTH as my gateways. My purpose for two gateways is (1.) TP-Link router as my gateway for downloading/streaming/gaming on my PCs and Smart TV. (2.) ZyXel router as gateways for mobile phones and tablets. Please anyone advise me if I'm allowed and possible to have two gateways. Thanks.

On Vumatel, this is not possible unless you pay for multiple lines. Vumatel tie down the line to a single MAC address. However, there is nothing to stop you having the router chained together, ie. router 1 connected to vumatel and router 2 connected to router 1. Though I'm not sure you'd achieve much this way.

I don't know the Archer AC3200 well enough, but would expect it to have the ability to limit bandwidth to / from specific client IP's. If this is the case, the chained setup would likely work for what you wanted.

 

[999pcl]

On Vumatel, this is not possible unless you pay for multiple lines. Vumatel tie down the line to a single MAC address. However, there is nothing to stop you having the router chained together, ie. router 1 connected to vumatel and router 2 connected to router 1. Though I'm not sure you'd achieve much this way.

I don't know the Archer AC3200 well enough, but would expect it to have the ability to limit bandwidth to / from specific client IP's. If this is the case, the chained setup would likely work for what you wanted.

Thank you so much. I'm not an IT & networking expert. I was just wondering if I try to set up by putting /cloning all necessary details such as username for my ISP, IP and MAC on both routers. I think I should just use the TP-Link router and assign my PC & Smart TV on 5Ghz band.

 

[PBCool]

This is possible, is more around how many public IPs they allow you to use, which most ISPs allow 1 because IPs are expensive these days.

That being said you would still only get your 20M across either router at the same, so what you can simply do is disable DHCP on your ZyXel and then plug a lan port into a lan port of your TPLink. This then lets the Zyxel function as a 2nd wireless radio. (Be sure to set the devices at least 3 channels apart from one another.)

Also it's best to cable your fixed devices like TVs, desktops etc anyway.

 

[Sinbad]

This is possible, is more around how many public IPs they allow you to use, which most ISPs allow 1 because IPs are expensive these days.

That being said you would still only get your 20M across either router at the same, so what you can simply do is disable DHCP on your ZyXel and then plug a lan port into a lan port of your TPLink. This then lets the Zyxel function as a 2nd wireless radio. (Be sure to set the devices at least 3 channels apart from one another.)

Also it's best to cable your fixed devices like TVs, desktops etc anyway.

Bear in mind the vlan assignments of the cpe switch, as well