The most used ports? Are commonly addressed. What are those? Well, each external address uses a range of some 65k ports on top of the already complex-looking 169.222.123.54 type addresses you see all over the place. But, some are still strictly IPv4, and that's where people can run in to port conflicts. How? A lot of devices are using IPv6 now, so they do a good job of avoiding porting or NAT issues. Meaning? Faster response times from your devices, less buffering, better gaming, etc. Depending on your service provider, you can purchase more than just 1 external address. Tend to your regular porting, firewall, VPN, or QoS stuff.įYI. Throttle each 3rd party router 50% (ish.) of your total bandwidth to avoid stalling the network. (1st Floor/2nd Floor or Home/Work or Gaming/Other Crap, etc.) Subscribe to additional external IP from SP.Ĭonnect 2 separate 3rd party routers to ports 1-4 on SP router.Īssign "internet" parameters on each 3rd party router statically & as assigned by service provider.īuild 2 completely separate LAN & Wifi networks.
(treat it like any other device)Ĭreate new LAN and Wifi networks on 2nd router. Hardwire 1st floor (service provider router ports 1-4) to 2nd floor (3rd party router "modem" port).Īssign "internet" parameters on 2nd router to LAN from SP router. Method 1? Can get by with existing hardware, but is not ideal for trying to run a ton of devices.