I am sorry in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for advice…but here goes…
My network consists of 1 fios modem and 2 routers. Basically, the Modem brings the signal, router 1 is a netgear that I want to handle the wireless throughout the house. I would prefer the Modem not handle any of the wifi responsibilities.
Router 2 is in a separate room and is situated there in order to have everything in that room hardwired.
The network, overall is a mess of a mess. It’s not streamlined and I am assuming there is non-stop collisions.
Overall, in my head, the set up is Modem–>Router 1 which handles the wireless and a guest network–>router 2 which is really just hardwired back to router 1 so that I can have wired devices for work in a separate room.
I would _prefer_ not to run any more wire even if it means eliminating the second router, but how do I organize all of this so that the network runs at full capacity smoothy and (hopefully) all the devices can see each other for sharing purposes…that part isn’t 100% necessary.
This. If you’re not trying to use the wifi on the 2nd router, and it’s already wired to the 1st one, just replace it with a switch with the needed number of ports. Having a second router can definitely cause problems if the routing functions are still active.