Single connected network. NEED HELP

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syngatesfan200

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Ok, so i currently have ATT U-verse. I do not use the router part of the combo they provide, just the modem. Anyway, i currently have a netgear AC router hooked up to it as my primary sourse of Wi-Fi. What i'm trying to do is have all of my devices talk to each other, as some devices communicate through Wi-Fi, others are wired directly through the modem (for ATT service support for some of my set top boxes, ie Xbox 360). Also some other streaming devices throughout my home are hooked up through my ATT receivers. Is there anyway i can accomplish this? Port Forwarding maybe on either the modem or my Netgear router?

Thank you in advance!
 
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Reset your ATT gateway to defaults, and then attach the Netgear to it LAN to LAN, set a static address in the Netgear (and the same address in the ATT static table but outside the DHCP range.

So if the ATT gateway is 192.168.x.1, make the Netgear 192.168.x.2, and set the ATT DHCP range for 192.168.x.3 to .128

Give the Netgear 2.4GHz radio a different channel that the ATT. I would use the same passkey on all of the wireless but use different SSID for each wireless radio so you can easily tell which you are connecting to.

Anything that connects wired or wireless to the Netgear will automatically get an IP address from the ATT if the device is set to get one.
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I would recommend using the ATT combo gateway for routing and just set the AC router up as an AP -- you get all the benefits of the AC radios, but still use the ATT router.

I've never had a problem getting that to work, but frequently trying to use anything else for routing on the ATT gateways is nothing but heartache. No port forwarding or other things needed -- just give the AC device a static address that is in the network range but not in the DHCP range of the ATT gateway (and set that same address in the ATT gateway static table with the AC device MAC address). Everything will get it s address from the ATT gateway so all devices will connect to one another easily.
 
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Reset your ATT gateway to defaults, and then attach the Netgear to it LAN to LAN, set a static address in the Netgear (and the same address in the ATT static table but outside the DHCP range.

So if the ATT gateway is 192.168.x.1, make the Netgear 192.168.x.2, and set the ATT DHCP range for 192.168.x.3 to .128

Give the Netgear 2.4GHz radio a different channel that the ATT. I would use the same passkey on all of the wireless but use different SSID for each wireless radio so you can easily tell which you are connecting to.

Anything that connects wired or wireless to the Netgear will automatically get an IP address from the ATT if the device is set to get one.
 
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