Networking basics 101 - 2 routers question

Puzzled

Puzzled

Puzzled

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Hi

This is probably a very basic question but I can't seem to find the answer on google.

My parents have a standard Sky hub (not q) which is connected to the phone line in a rubbish place and they insist it can't be moved (to be fair running a cable would be a nightmare).
I'm trying to improve their wireless range / speed and have offered them my Asus AC68U as I currently don't need it.

My plan was to run AV1200 powerline adaptors between the Sky hub and Asus but I need one device (printer) to remain connected to the hub via ethernet cable. Everything else will be plugged into the Asus.

If I disable the wireless / dhcp server on the Sky Hub and then use the Asus as the main connection point (set the gateway as the Sky Hub) will that still allow access to the printer?

Basically I don't want the powerline adaptors slowing down the whole network (planning to add a media server) which I'm guessing they would do if the Sky Hub was the DHCP server, or have I got that completely wrong?
 
Ahhh that does make things a lot easier and it's not the first time I've made the wrong assumption :o

I always thought it was the router handing out the ips that handled the traffic and anything else was just passing it along.

That works well then as all the high speed devices will be plugged directly in to the Asus.

Another question, I've read about setting the sky hub to dmz mode. Does that mean it acts purely as a internet gateway? (Just curious)
 
It's suggested as an alternative to extracting the sky fibre username / password to use with an openreach modem.

Basically in Access Point Mode, the Asus would act purely as a Wi-fi access point and all the router functions would be disabled.

If you want all the extra features, I would suggest you do the following:

Factory reset the Sky Hub.
Connect a cable from any LAN port of the Sky Hub to the WAN port of the Asus.
On the Sky Hub, set the IP address allocated to the Asus router as a reserved address so that it won't change.
Set the IP address of the Asus router as the DMZ.
Disable Wi-fi on the Sky Hub.
Connect all devices to/via the Asus router.
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That way you can keep the advanced features of the Asus in use but in my case with the printer connected to the Sky Hub I don't think it would work.
 
Changed it over today, powerline adaptor speed is a bit disappointing but will do the job. Wireless range is far better now and all seems stable.

Sky don't provide login details for third party modems / routers but you can sniff them out. I do have my old fibre openreach modem so might go down that route if the current setup causes any issues.

Thanks for all your help.
 
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