Remote accessing Tomato router connected to Shaw (CISCO) router

caikroll · Mar 28, 2015

I seem to have exceeded my personal limitations on this one. I am trying to access my Tomato router (FTP, DDNS/Settings, etc...) remotely. The problem is that my roommate does not want me to disable her, Shaw/Cisco, router.

Things worth noting:
NoIP found routers external IP
Forwarding ports 1-9999 to router
Enabled DMZ
Enabled IP pass-through

But I am still unable to access routers settings remotely. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

I'm not exactly sure on what it is you're trying to do. You can only have one router in a single line. Are you trying do use the second as an access point?

caikroll · Mar 28, 2015

ShakedG :

I'm still a little blurry on the difference. I think yes but... What I would like to do the most is A: FTP hard drive remotely and B: Add Torrents on the router (remotlely).

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

Once again, I'm confused. What exactly is the end result you are trying to achieve? If it's just to access the settings then you don't need an extra router. If you're trying to add a wifi network, or increase your WiFi range only then do you need another router.
If all you want is to create an FTP server you can either do that on your existing router, or on your computer using apps like Serv-U FTP http://lifehacker.com/130806/how-to-set-up-a-home-ftp-server

USAFRet · Mar 28, 2015

caikroll :

Remote admin (from outside your LAN) of a router is rarely a good idea.

caikroll · Mar 28, 2015

The default (SHAW) router doesn't have built in USB or FTP/Any Tomato functionality. Also I want to run torrents on my router. The router (access point?) I am trying to remote access has a USB port whereas the router/modem my roommate uses does not.

If I turn the Tomato router into an access point is it still possible to access FTP and Bittorrent remotely? I would like to do this from my router instead of my computer.

And I know it isn't the safest idea, I have taken some precautions though (login via HTTPS, strong password + username, etc...)

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

How did you set up your router? You can't really have 2 routers at the same time, and when it comes to an access point you cannot access it's settings. I'd recommend maybe swapping out the Cisco router, or at least ask your roomate why she needs it. I'm afraid I don't know of a way to have both routers running at the same time.

caikroll · Mar 28, 2015

ShakedG :

Does turning router into access point disable settings because most routers have the same gateway (192.168.0.1)? Cause these 2 routers have different gateways. (192.168.1.1)

USAFRet · Mar 28, 2015

ShakedG :

caikroll :

While you can have 2 routers, the secondary one would be dumbed down to mostly just an access point.
Secondly, I'm not sure you can access the second router admin from outside the LAN. You have to go through the first (Cisco) router.

192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1 are two different subnets. This will break up your internal LAN.

caikroll · Mar 28, 2015

That's what I was fearing. Maybe it's just an impossibility until I can convince my roommate to swap routers. Thanks for the help.

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

Yep, to have an access point you need to turn off that router's DHCP, resulting in it being just a repeater for the primary router and having no ip address itself. Hence the reason why you cannot access (quite ironically) an access point's settings. The best option if you really want to go down this route (pun intended) would be to swap the main router.
Hope I could help.

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