Which router to route with

stefk005 · 16 Oct 2019 at 12:19

Currently I have a Technicolour modem-router, supplied by my ISP, which acts as the modem/primary router. However, I prefer to use my older TP-Link Archer for wifi, so this is plugged into the Technicolour and serves as an access point. My PC and home server are plugged in via lan to the TP-Link. However, I believe all the local network traffic is then sent to the Technicolour and routed via there.

The PC is too far away to connect via LAN to the Technicolour, but the server could be connected directly to it.

Is it worth either moving the server to the Technicolour, or somehow setting up the TP-LINK to do the routing? Would this make any difference, or am I splitting hairs here?!

Thanks!

bremen1874 · 16 Oct 2019 at 12:51

LAN traffic will not be going via the Technicolor unless it needs to. If there aren't any wired devices connected to it the only trafic it will see will be to/from the Internet.

If all of your wired devices are connected to the TP-Link leave them there.

stefk005 · 16 Oct 2019 at 13:50

Ok thanks. The DHCP server on the TPLINK is turned off though, so I thought this passed the traffic through to the Technicolour?

bledd · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:18

It will only pass internet traffic to it, and the initial DHCP address allocation.

If two devices are on the same switch, they won't go up to the router to pass data to each other..

stefk005 · 16 Oct 2019 at 18:42

Great, thanks very much

Rainmaker · 12 Mar 2020 at 12:01

VoodooBoy said:
Hey, OP, I need an advice from you. I have a same router right now and I have a problem with setting a new password. Somehow my neighbours figured out what my WI-Fi password is and now they use it without my permission. One of my friends told me that I can deal with this problem using this - https://www.router-reset.com/ip/192-168-2-1 - information. It looks convincing enough, but I'm a little scared to do the things that are written there. Just because I'm a complete newbie in this stuff. It was always my elder brother who dealt with problems like that, but he moved to another city.

Not the OP, but...

You'd have been better off making a new thread VoodooBoy. What exactly is the problem you're having? The page you linked to is simply a list of common default usernames and passwords for router admin pages. You say your neighbour is using your WiFi.

1) How do you know?
2) Are you unable to log in to the router admin page to change settings (eg you forgot the password)?
3) What have you tried so far?

You may be better just resetting the router to the default settings (there'll be a reset button at the bottom/back). Change the password for both the router admin page *and* the WiFi to something long, complicated and strong. For example, instead of using the default passwords or the one printed on a sticker on the router, change them to "A_Sentence_You'll_Remember_Because_I_Started_Uni_In_2002!". That's a secure password with mixed case, numbers and symbols - hard to guess, easy to remember. Obviously make your own, using that template. Make sure your WiFi is set to WPA2 only with re-keying every 60 mins (if supported).

stefk005 · 14 Mar 2020 at 16:26

VoodooBoy said:
Hey, OP, I need an advice from you. I have a same router right now and I have a problem with setting a new password. Somehow my neighbours figured out what my WI-Fi password is and now they use it without my permission. One of my friends told me that I can deal with this problem using this - https://www.router-reset.com/ip/192-168-2-1 - information. It looks convincing enough, but I'm a little scared to do the things that are written there. Just because I'm a complete newbie in this stuff. It was always my elder brother who dealt with problems like that, but he moved to another city.

use 192.168.1.1 to get to the login page.
The user and p/w to log in to the router should be on a sticker on the back of the router.
Once you're logged in, just click the settings button (little cogwheels) on the top right of the Wireless box, and from there you can change the wifi p/w.