mjward
Prominent Member
Going around in circles to hoping someone can offer pearls of wisdom!
I have an FTTH connection feeding a Huawei modem/router. This is the primary router.
I bought an Asus AC3200 router to permanently run a VPN connection (used Merlin).
The desire is to have two separate networks (1) Huawei direct Internet and (2) Asus VPN.
It is currently figured with an Ethernet cable running from a LAN port on the Huawei to the WAN port on the Asus. I have then set them to run on different subsets ie Huawei 192.168.100.x and Asus on 192.168.200.x.
Equipment attached to the Asus LAN ports runs perfectly (via VPN) and wifi on Huawei is fine.
However, wifi on Asus is next to useless. Signal is strong but connected devices aren't receiving any data.
Should I turn DHCP off on the Asus?
Should the Ethernet from Huawei go to Asus LAN instead of WAN?
Anything else?
In my head I'm thinking the VPN operation and desire for two separate networks makes this more complicated than standard cascading but maybe I'm over complicating things.
All help appreciated!
I have an FTTH connection feeding a Huawei modem/router. This is the primary router.
I bought an Asus AC3200 router to permanently run a VPN connection (used Merlin).
The desire is to have two separate networks (1) Huawei direct Internet and (2) Asus VPN.
It is currently figured with an Ethernet cable running from a LAN port on the Huawei to the WAN port on the Asus. I have then set them to run on different subsets ie Huawei 192.168.100.x and Asus on 192.168.200.x.
Equipment attached to the Asus LAN ports runs perfectly (via VPN) and wifi on Huawei is fine.
However, wifi on Asus is next to useless. Signal is strong but connected devices aren't receiving any data.
Should I turn DHCP off on the Asus?
Should the Ethernet from Huawei go to Asus LAN instead of WAN?
Anything else?
In my head I'm thinking the VPN operation and desire for two separate networks makes this more complicated than standard cascading but maybe I'm over complicating things.
All help appreciated!