One internet connection -> 2 routers (2 networks)

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Hi guys,

I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this networking issue I'm having.

I have an internet connection (static IP) connected to a Draytek router and I have quite a few computers running on it.
Now I want to connect a second Draytek router, to the first router so I can connect other computers (to the second router) on a different floor.
Basically, the connection is 20Mbit which I want to split in half, 10Mbit for every router.
The second router needs to be seen from outside as a different network. I don't want the computers from Network 1 to see the ones in Network 2, so two different networks.

I've tried connecting the routers (1)LAN to (2)WAN port, enabled VLAN on the first router, assigned a private IP/subnet mask for the second router and mapped it to public IP in NAT.
In the second router, WAN1 (ADSL) disabled; WAN2 configured for ethernet, set IP, subnet mask and the first router's IP as a gateway.

I'm not getting internet connection on the second router, I feel I'm missing something... tried to search for a solution online but haven't been able to find anything relevant.

I hope anyone reading this understands what I'm trying to achieve, makes sense in my head, explaining is something else... :)

Thanks !
 
Vigor2830 both of them.

I need to have 2 routers; think of it as 2 different offices on different floors, each of them with their own (wireless) router; nothing in common except the internet connection.
 
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No real need for two routers.

If it's a 2830 you should have options for multiple LANs under LAN->General Setup. You can then use the settings under LAN->VLAN to split the router's LAN ports between the two subnets.

Plug switches into the appropriate ports for each network and you'll have two separate networks sharing the connection.

The office with the 2830 can use the on-board wireless. The other office would just need an access point (which could be the other 2830 configured as one).
 
Go with the above, trying to get 2 seperate routers and have them totally seperate with 50% of the bandwidth each isn't going to be cheap, or easy.

I think you would need something more advanced than a SOHO router if you HAVE to have it seperate (a Dell Sonicwall may work, something like an ASA would also do the trick).

Then i'm guessing you only have the 1 static IP? Will make having seperate public identitys almost impossible
 
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