Running 2 different routers in one house?

fail at the internets · 16 Mar 2011 at 21:22

Hi.

In my house we have a god awfull bt home hub which gives me strict NAT types on games no matter what settings i change in the routers settings, i also have another router in the house that gives me an open NAT every time.

However as the BT vision and phones all force you to use the home hub i don't want to not be able to use them.

Therefore could i run 2 wireless routers in my house and if so how?

Thanks.

KIA · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:27

I can't see it working unless you get another phone line.

twist3d0n3 · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:29

yup, i did this for a bit, but the homehubs awful nat issues still remained.

you can plug the 2nd router into a free ethernet port, then on the 2nd routers setup page, set to static ip, and assign it to one within the homehubs ip range.

paradigm · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:43

Does the homehub (utter pile of garbage by the way) allow the use of a DMZ?

If so, place 2nd router in DMZ and create a 2nd subnet behind the 2nd router.