how to create 2 separate secure networks on one router

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EddieNew

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Greetings,
I am having issues with the networking at my church. I used the many resources here (thanks!) to setup a system with multiple routers and a single cable modem that works, but the minister would like his network to be separate and private from the meeting hall's network.
Current setup:
Modem
-> main router in office
-> minister's apartment router
-> public wifi router

The minister would like the network, not just wifi, to be separate, so that people on the public wifi cannot see his home/office network/computers.
Thanks in advance!
 
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kanewolf
You don't mention what model routers you have. But what you need is a business class router that will create multiple VLANs to segregate the networks. With a business class router you can create separate DHCP pools for the public and private networks.
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You don't mention what model routers you have. But what you need is a business class router that will create multiple VLANs to segregate the networks. With a business class router you can create separate DHCP pools for the public and private networks.
 
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ron_dv

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I think you may be able to accomplish this by hooking up the main router and the minister's router in a lan-to-wan configuration. The minister will be on a different subnet, and a separate wifi config and dhcp.
 
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Routers in a LAN-to-WAN configuration will create different subnets but does not effectively isolate the networks.

The best solution for a secure network would be a VLAN capable device, such as the business-class router mentioned previously.
 
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ron_dv

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That's true VLAN would be the better setup but it wasn't clear how strict the minister's requirement for privacy is or if buying an extra hardware was even a consideration for the OP.
 
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