Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could help me work out how to do this? Basically, I have a stupid number of smart devices and my router has become increasingly unstable. I want to have all my IOT devices on one router and reserve the other for priority devices like phones and PCs.

I plan to put my IOT hub on 2G only and my primary hub on 6G and 6e only to avoid 2G congestion.

Problem is, if I connect both my routers to my modem, only one can connect to the internet. I tried putting a network switch between the routers and the modem, no dice.

Does anybody know how I can have 2 separate networks using 2 separate routers on a single modem? Both require internet connection but they don’t need to be able to communicate.

Thanks in advance for any help people can give :)

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    2 years ago

    Vlans my dude.

    You don’t need 2 routers for this. Place all your iot junk in one vlan and you useful in a second. 2 routers aren’t needed for this kind of seperation.

    • TaintPuncher@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      It was more to distribute load rather than separate traffic. My main router seems to start pooping the bed once I have 40+ devices connected to it, so I wanted to reduce the number of devices connected to it to prevent that as I need it to be stable for work… and gaming, haha.

      • bobsuruncle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        If it’s the WiFi that’s crapping out, get a ubiquiti UniFi 6+ access point. It will handle up to 300 devices for $130. You will need to by the POE adapter for it but it’s ~$15.