Odd network behavior

[Xen]

Colin Law schreef op 01-08-2017 19:09:
> On 1 August 2017 at 09:33, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
>> rikona schreef op 01-08-2017 6:07:
>>> 
>>> I'm seeing some odd network behavior that I don't understand.
>> 
>> 
>> You've also not said, as Colin points out, how the second router is 
>> really
>> connected.
>> 
>> I assume it is really connected with its uplink to the main network, 
>> and
>> that it is doing NAT on its own behalf?
>> 
>> Typically... if you don't want the second router to do any routing... 
>> I mean
>> that the wireless connection is usually bridged to the regular LAN 
>> ports of
>> that router, so you don't have to use the uplink port.
>> 
>> Therefore, you could simply use it as an access point by only using 
>> the
>> LAN-connected ports of said router and not the actual "routed" port, 
>> which
>> is also what I am doing.
>> 
>> Ie. I have some second router plugged into the main router using its
>> ordinary ports and it works just fine, it has an IP address but 
>> doesn't do
>> anything with it (except allowing me to configure it).
>> 
>> So this router doesn't have any sort of WAN connection.
>> 
>> If you are going to use the same SSID then both clients have to be 
>> able to
>> reach the same server doing DHCP. You say you have this. But they also 
>> need
>> to have the same router, so the secondary router must only be 
>> pass-through
>> (like I said).
> 
> All of those points may well be valid, but still nothing that the OP
> has done should cause the router to crash and reset, so that still
> suggests a bug in the router. I had one that worked perfectly well for
> years, then I got a new phone and every time that phone connected the
> router reset. I updated the firmware and all was well again.

I guess you are right. I don't know the details of why it would respond 
that way.

Regards.