Creating a secondary IP Address to connect to a VPN

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Hi, I am new to the community and am looking for some help setting up a second router. My setup is currently a router connected to a modem. I am looking to connect a secondary router to have a different IP address from my first router. I would like to have this in order to connect to my job's VPN from my home office. Is this possible? I would be connecting my second router to the current setup. Thank you!
 
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To get a second IP, you will have to contact your ISP and see if they offer that service. Usually if they do, it is considered a commercial service and offers extras like static IPs that would be beneficial but not strictly necessary for a VPN. It may also involve some installation work on the ISPs part.

While there are good reasons to separate business and personal internet services, again, it is not strictly necessary for what you want to do. You can extend you wireless network by running eithernet between the router and the new access point location. However, if you do get separate IPs, it makes internal networking more complicated for computers that need to talk across the IPs.
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Hi, I would like to extend my wireless network to my basement, where my home office is, plus give it a different IP address from my first router. I am looking to use only my second router to connect to my VPN. Does this make sense? Thank you



 
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To get a second IP, you will have to contact your ISP and see if they offer that service. Usually if they do, it is considered a commercial service and offers extras like static IPs that would be beneficial but not strictly necessary for a VPN. It may also involve some installation work on the ISPs part.

While there are good reasons to separate business and personal internet services, again, it is not strictly necessary for what you want to do. You can extend you wireless network by running eithernet between the router and the new access point location. However, if you do get separate IPs, it makes internal networking more complicated for computers that need to talk across the IPs.
 
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