Connecting subnets with a router

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nkspb1

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Hello everybody. Sorry for a dumb question. I am utterly confused with the way subnets are connected via routers.
Assuming we have such a scheme:

[switched subnet] - [router] - [router] - [switched subnet]

What ports should the routers be connected with? Usually they have 1 WAN and several LAN ports. I've always thought that the LAN ports are for organizing the local network only and so the routers should be connected WAN-to-WAN. But in that case we can connect only two of them.

Please, help to understand! Thanks!
 
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What kind of router are we talking about here?

For the most part, you are thinking along the right track. You would connect router-to-router using the WAN port, and keep your local stuff on both sides on the LAN ports. If it's a non-consumer grade router you might just have interface ports on the back, these would all be the same until manually configured to act as a WAN or LAN up-link.
 
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You are asking a generic question while basing your query in HOME CLASS routers which are designed for a single subnet. More potent, business-class routers will have multiple ethernet ports, and they are NOT SWITCHED ports like in a home router and will route different subnets connected to them.
 
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