VLAN Capable Router

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origiN

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Hi all

I moved to a new apartment where only Fiber lines are available and got ISPAfrika to setup my network.

I am very pleased with their service, but the wifi on the router that they gave me isn't as strong as I would like it to be. I queried whether I can get my own router and they said that it would be fine, but the router needs to have VLAN support.

Now, I don't seem to find any indication when I am looking at routers (for example on ASUS's website) whether the router has VLAN capability.

Can anyone assist me in this regard? I don't want to go spend R1k+ on something that wouldn't work.

Regards
Jacques
 
Just get another router/ap, turn off dhcp, make sure it is in bridging mode, and has a different ip to your current router, connect via Ethernet to your existing one. Set up the ssid as you like. Place where you want it.

Done.
 
RoganDawes said:
Just get another router/ap, turn off dhcp, make sure it is in bridging mode, and has a different ip to your current router, connect via Ethernet to your existing one. Set up the ssid as you like. Place where you want it.

Done.
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Yeah that will do the job...except don't use the word Router.

You just want an Access Point, something that doesn't do any Routing so you get the "source" to still do that and all you add to it is Wireless.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Yeah that will do the job...except don't use the word Router.

You just want an Access Point, something that doesn't do any Routing so you get the "source" to still do that and all you add to it is Wireless.
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WiFi extender :p
 
Thanks!

RoganDawes said:
Just get another router/ap, turn off dhcp, make sure it is in bridging mode, and has a different ip to your current router, connect via Ethernet to your existing one. Set up the ssid as you like. Place where you want it.

Done.
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That worked, thanks! So at least I didn't have to bother with getting a router that actually has VLAN and setting it up again.
 
origiN said:
That worked, thanks! So at least I didn't have to bother with getting a router that actually has VLAN and setting it up again.
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My pleasure. I assume you plugged in to the LAN ports, and not the wan? Otherwise you are likely to have issues if you want any inbound traffic like torrents, etc, and having to update firewall rules on both devices.

What router did you end up using?
 
SauRoNZA said:
Yeah that will do the job...except don't use the word Router.

You just want an Access Point, something that doesn't do any Routing so you get the "source" to still do that and all you add to it is Wireless.
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Right. You can use a router if you connect LAN to LAN, with the dhcp on the second device disabled like I said.

Connecting WAN on the second device to the LAN of the first and not disabling dhcp would also work, but inbound traffic would be problematic, and devices connected to the different routers would have trouble talking to reach other. You'd also have to make sure that they were on different networks to avoid conflicts and routing confusion on the second router.
 
Thanks, I fixed it now so that it goes on LAN with dhcp disabled on the second one.

However, now I cannot access the second router anymore from my computer. How do I access it now?

I used a TP Link WR941ND I got at Computer Mania this morning.
 
RoganDawes said:
Right. You can use a router if you connect LAN to LAN, with the dhcp on the second device disabled like I said.

Connecting WAN on the second device to the LAN of the first and not disabling dhcp would also work, but inbound traffic would be problematic, and devices connected to the different routers would have trouble talking to reach other. You'd also have to make sure that they were on different networks to avoid conflicts and routing confusion on the second router.
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Yeah I never chance it to avoid any potential double NATs.
 
origiN said:
Thanks, I fixed it now so that it goes on LAN with dhcp disabled on the second one.

However, now I cannot access the second router anymore from my computer. How do I access it now?

I used a TP Link WR941ND I got at Computer Mania this morning.
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OK, to answer that question, I'm going to need to check some details ;-)

First, what is the IP address of the original router?

What is the IP address of the second router?

What IP address do you get on your PC?

What is the default gateway you get on your PC?
 
Haha ag it is fine, I figure if I really want to connect to the second router I can just plug a LAN cable into it.

Thanks for all the help!
 
Rickster said:
VLAN? Do they know what they talking about?
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Yeah, all the apartment blocks in Century City that runs fiber lines has VLAN setups. I'm not really clued up on networks and why they do, but I know this for a fact.
 
origiN said:
Haha ag it is fine, I figure if I really want to connect to the second router I can just plug a LAN cable into it.

Thanks for all the help!
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If you answer the questions, you'll probably learn something useful about networking in the process. But it's obviously up to you.
 
origiN said:
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I am very pleased with their service, but the wifi on the router that they gave me isn't as strong as I would like it to be. I queried whether I can get my own router and they said that it would be fine, but the router needs to have VLAN support.
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Hi all

Happy to see that this was resolved. To add, our DrayTek routers with great WiFi also support VLANs, and we'll be happy to assist anyone who is interested in replacing theirs as per the OP.
 
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