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Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router?

From ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router?
Newsgroups alt.comp.networking.routers, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
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Date 2016-07-11 19:53 -0500

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> >>> Is it possible to have network cables connect to guest network like 
> >>> wireless connections on an updated Netgear R6300 v1 router? If so, then 
> >>> how?
> > 
> >> Not sure what you are asking.  Do you want to chain routers together?
> >> Cables don't connect to networks.  They connect devices.  "... cables
> >> connect to guest network ...".  Guest network WHAT?  Another router?  A
> >> switch?  A gateway?
> > 
> > Like wireless guest AP for guests to join, but with network cables. I 
> > want to keep the network separated for network cable users.

> Does the router let you subnet its port and wifi connects?  It does
> subnetting, it may also provide a choice if the subnet is private or
> shared.  Another possibility are the virtual networks that Char
> mentioned -- oops just read your reply and your router doesn't do VLANs
> so it probably doesn't do subnetting, either.  The router has its own
> subnet mask specified but I'm talking about putting ports and wifi into
> their own subnets (aka segments).  

I have no idea, but then I am not a network expert. 
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R6300/R6300_UM_1Jun12.pdf 
mentions maskings though.


> I haven't played with enough wifi routers to know if some routers let
> you subnet them differently than subnets for the wired ports.  I had a
> DLink ages ago (it died from heat after a little over 2 years) that let
> me isolate each wired port.  Didn't even have to bother with subnetting
> which probably means it was a feature of the router's built-in firewall.
> I missed that feature when I had to replace with a Linksys.  Just
> because the family shared the router didn't mean I wanted their traffic
> on my network [subnet].  Basically it looked like 4 routers similarly
> configured for each wired network.  Didn't see a similar firewall
> feature in the manual to which you linked.

Wow, died from heat? How hot was the room temperatures? My rooms got up 
to 90F degrees during the crazy heat waves. :(
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Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-09 18:05 -0500
  Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-07-09 18:44 -0500
    Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-10 01:27 -0500
      Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-07-10 15:04 -0500
        Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-11 19:53 -0500
          Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-07-11 20:28 -0500
  Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2016-07-09 22:07 -0500
    Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-10 01:29 -0500
      Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2016-07-10 01:32 -0500
        Re: Network cables to guest network like wireless on Netgear R6300 v1 router? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-10 12:07 -0500

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