Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:07:07 -0500 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 References: User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:07:07 -0500 Lines: 36 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-hyAbLe2hxN6J3ZBHOKnNEsjxtXYY71D+wX//YY4a7JCz7cnvKj6GsSd6W9ye7AdZaklS7RNaEAiTAEb!7OK6e9aASH0XqHqN7fL3R3SFcvbvq87rk21y+D2biY58Ng4ZberhyK8l+xlaaO0HDWShC2Rjx04f!GGzFGddsz/LUdFq6S3c3qT2uNCbtFZw= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3021 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.networking.routers:2083 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking:135 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking GlowingBlueMist wrote: > >>> > >>> Is it possible to have network cables connect to guest network like > >>> wireless connections on an updated Netgear R6300 v1 router? > > > >> You should assume 'No' unless you find something that very specifically says > >> 'Yes' in your router manual. You can mostly get that kind of functionality > >> with some third party firmwares, but it's highly doubtful that OEM firmware > >> will allow wired connections to connect to anything but the main network. > > > >>> If so, then how? > > > >> Configurable VLANs might do it, but that's what I'm guessing your router > >> doesn't have. Take a look at your manual. > > > > http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R6300/R6300_UM_1Jun12.pdf > > doesn't mention anything about VLANs so no I guess. :( > > > Looks like the only way to do it with your router would be to change the > firmware to DD-WRT as the chart here shows your router being supported. > http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices > Then go here https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Tutorials and look > for the VLAN Detached Networks entry in the advanced tutorials section. Thanks. :( -- Quote of the Week: "... then bury them up to their necks in a huge mound of fire ants..." "... She's like an ant, man..." --Breaking Bad S2E7 (Peekaboo) Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.