Help setting up home network - if feasible.

Too Tall · 4 Sep 2019 at 17:52

We have no fibre in my area as yet, so we're limited to ADSL at around 5mb.

I have however managed to connect with a 4g router giving me speeds of around 100MB which is sufficient.

The 4g router (Huawei B525) is in the loft (Wifi A).

Wifi A is hidden and is only used to manage the 4g router.

Downstairs I have an Asus RT-AC86U which is the main hub for the house - Wifi (B).

I have the 4g router connected to a GS105E switch in the study via ethernet cable ran in the walls.

My desktop connects via Ethernet to the same GS105E as does the RT-AC86U in the living room.

Herein lies the problem, the traffic from my pc goes via the switch to the 4g router, whereas i would like it to go via the RT-AC86U as the network storage is there.

Is there a way I can configure the GS105E to route my pc's traffic via the AC86U with my current configuration?

I could run another cable as oer the second image, but there is no more room in the conduit from the loft to the living room so it would a PITA.

DIABLO · 4 Sep 2019 at 18:40

I don't get what you're hoping to achieve by connecting the Desktop directly to Router besides having a dedicated 1Gb line for the Desktop, are you using some sort of NAS function on the Router or is there a device not on your map?

You could bin the switch and put the Router in the network location the Switch is now and get a Wifi AP and put that in where the Router was downstairs.

PiKe · 4 Sep 2019 at 18:46

I don't understand the aim here either.

Quartz · 4 Sep 2019 at 19:03

Too Tall said:
I have the 4g router connected to a GS105E switch in the study via ethernet cable ran in the walls.

There's your problem. Change the GS105E to a router. In fact, just swap it with your RT-AC68U if that has an upstream port and install a WAP downstairs.

Haze · 4 Sep 2019 at 19:12

I don't get it either, it's not going to make any difference

Too Tall · 4 Sep 2019 at 19:56

All my traffic from my desktop goes directly through the 4g router, I am currently unable to access the RT-86U and the network storage which is connected via it.

DIABLO · 4 Sep 2019 at 20:26

Is the ASUS in the same IP range as the 4G router and also have you switched off DHCP on the
ASUS?

Your core issue is that you have 2 Routers on your network.

Because if things are setup probably you won't have to physically change anything.