Hi there,
I hope someone can help me with a problem I thought was a fairly simple task.
I have a business LAN with ADSL and next doors (60 meters) I have a private LAN also with ADSL. So the 2 ISPs are terminated in two separate buildings. Between the two buildings I have 1 Cat5 cable.
At the moment I have connected the 2 LANs by using static IP on one LAN and DHCP on the other. So far so good.
Current setup:
ISP---modem/wifi---switch1---switch2---modem/wifi---ISP
On the switches I have security camera’s and my pc’s. I do not have a dedicated cat5 from my home to my business. If really needed I can ask my ISP to terminate both Internet connections at my business and feed direct into the multi wan switch but this is not my preference as my private ADSL is faster than my business ADSL.
Goal:
I need to share printers and security camera’s over the 2 LANs and I like to introduce load balancing and ISP back-up.
Hardware:
I bought a TP-link TL-ER5120 multi wan router and thought this will do the trick. I also have two TL-SG1008 and a TL-SG1016 switch
User guide: http://www.tp-link.com/resources/document/TL-ER5120_V2_User_Guide_1910010931.pdf
I am struggling with the right settings as I am not an expert.
Main questions:
1) When setting up the ER5120 it will ask me the system mode (NAT, non-NAT and Classic). What should I do?
2) Next it is asking the connection type. I do have a static IPs from my ISP but is this what I need to enter? When testing it I cannot get the router to work with this IP. It will work with the gateway IP 192.168.1.1 (or 2.1).
3) Do I need to do anything with NAT settings? Which DHCP should be active?
4) What do I need to do to get the load balance and/or ISP fail over to work? As soon as I take the active port from WAN1 there is no fail-over and the network will not work
Additional questions:
5) My modem is also taking care of the wifi. Can I still use this wifi or does it physically be separated from the modem? So Can I use the modem as Internet gateway and can I still use the wifi part for the LAN?
6) Is it better to separate the LAN in 2 LANs (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1)
7) Do I need additional security?
All help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Jerome
I hope someone can help me with a problem I thought was a fairly simple task.
I have a business LAN with ADSL and next doors (60 meters) I have a private LAN also with ADSL. So the 2 ISPs are terminated in two separate buildings. Between the two buildings I have 1 Cat5 cable.
At the moment I have connected the 2 LANs by using static IP on one LAN and DHCP on the other. So far so good.
Current setup:
ISP---modem/wifi---switch1---switch2---modem/wifi---ISP
On the switches I have security camera’s and my pc’s. I do not have a dedicated cat5 from my home to my business. If really needed I can ask my ISP to terminate both Internet connections at my business and feed direct into the multi wan switch but this is not my preference as my private ADSL is faster than my business ADSL.
Goal:
I need to share printers and security camera’s over the 2 LANs and I like to introduce load balancing and ISP back-up.
Hardware:
I bought a TP-link TL-ER5120 multi wan router and thought this will do the trick. I also have two TL-SG1008 and a TL-SG1016 switch
User guide: http://www.tp-link.com/resources/document/TL-ER5120_V2_User_Guide_1910010931.pdf
I am struggling with the right settings as I am not an expert.
Main questions:
1) When setting up the ER5120 it will ask me the system mode (NAT, non-NAT and Classic). What should I do?
2) Next it is asking the connection type. I do have a static IPs from my ISP but is this what I need to enter? When testing it I cannot get the router to work with this IP. It will work with the gateway IP 192.168.1.1 (or 2.1).
3) Do I need to do anything with NAT settings? Which DHCP should be active?
4) What do I need to do to get the load balance and/or ISP fail over to work? As soon as I take the active port from WAN1 there is no fail-over and the network will not work
Additional questions:
5) My modem is also taking care of the wifi. Can I still use this wifi or does it physically be separated from the modem? So Can I use the modem as Internet gateway and can I still use the wifi part for the LAN?
6) Is it better to separate the LAN in 2 LANs (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1)
7) Do I need additional security?
All help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Jerome
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