Decide between a LAN-to-LAN or LAN-to-WAN connection. A LAN-to-LAN (Local Area Network) connection extends your network size, allowing more devices to connect. Devices can share files and resources to any other device on the network. A LAN-to-WAN (Wide Area Network) connection creates a secondary network (LAN) inside the main network (WAN). This allows you to place restrictions on a subset of devices that are connected to the smaller network. The downside is that they cannot share files or resources with the main network. • Setting up a LAN-to-WAN network allows you to modify the DNS for just the secondary network, affecting what sites can be visited. The secondary network also makes it extra difficult for hackers to access any devices connected. This is great for parents that want to monitor and control their childrens' internet access. Connect your main router to your modem, then connect your computer to the router via Ethernet. As you normally would to set up the network. Since this router will be handling the connection to the internet, set it up as if you were only using a single router. • Most routers by entering the address 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1, or 192.168.0.1 • Note router's IP address and subnet mask. The IP address is the same one that you used to access the router's configuration page. The subnet mask is typically 255.255.255.0. • If you are creating a LAN-to-WAN network, set the primary router's DHCP service to give out addresses between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.50. If you are creating a LAN-to-LAN network, you can leave the DHCP settings at their default. • Disconnect the computer from the router when you are finished configuring it. I would connect an AppleTV and the second router (Linksys WRT-310N) to the LAN ports and the parents' phones/tablets and an Airport Express extender. Ideally, both networks would use WPA2 security and the parents' computers, a Mac and a Win (the Win running Network Magic Pro) could manually. ![]() Connect the computer to the secondary router. Open the configuration page. If you are making a LAN-to-LAN network, change the IP address so that it matches the first router, except increase the last digit by one (e.g. 192.168.1.1 becomes 192.168.1.2). If you are making a LAN-to-WAN network, change the IP address so that it matches the first router, except increase the second-to-last digit by one (e.g. 192.168.1.1 becomes 192.168.2.1). Ensure that the subnet mask is the same as the primary router. • If you are making a LAN-to-WAN network, change the secondary router's WAN IP address to 192.168.1.51. • If your router have the option UPnP disable it on the second router.
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