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I'm running tomato 1.28 on my N600 netgear router, and I have the following situation:



I have an ethernet cord coming directly from a normal router (I'll call it router1), that I would like to use to provide internet to the tomato router (router2).



I then have multiple Ethernet cables I would like to plug into router2, using it just like it is your average Ethernet hub, only with an NAS server on it.



It would also be cool if I could use the WiFi part too in the same way, but it is not needed.



I've seen multiple tutorials but they use terms I don't know since I've never worked with tomato before, and I'm not really sure how routers work. Is what I'm asking possible?



EDIT: I was able to set up router2 as a hub, or at least so I thought. It allows all devices connected to it to connect to router1, but only one is getting internet. When running the Windows network troubleshooter it says Your DNS server might be unavailable. I tired flushing my dns and releasing and renewing my ip. No mass.



EDIT 2: It appears this is another problem and is only for LAN ports not wireless. I'm thus moving it to a new question. since the accepted answer did technicall answer my question.






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    r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
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  • N600. Sorry, fixed it.
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I'm running tomato 1.28 on my N600 netgear router, and I have the following situation:



I have an ethernet cord coming directly from a normal router (I'll call it router1), that I would like to use to provide internet to the tomato router (router2).



I then have multiple Ethernet cables I would like to plug into router2, using it just like it is your average Ethernet hub, only with an NAS server on it.



It would also be cool if I could use the WiFi part too in the same way, but it is not needed.



I've seen multiple tutorials but they use terms I don't know since I've never worked with tomato before, and I'm not really sure how routers work. Is what I'm asking possible?



EDIT: I was able to set up router2 as a hub, or at least so I thought. It allows all devices connected to it to connect to router1, but only one is getting internet. When running the Windows network troubleshooter it says Your DNS server might be unavailable. I tired flushing my dns and releasing and renewing my ip. No mass.



EDIT 2: It appears this is another problem and is only for LAN ports not wireless. I'm thus moving it to a new question. since the accepted answer did technicall answer my question.






router ethernet nas tomato hub







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    r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
    – DavidPostill♦
    Nov 25 at 14:40












  • N600. Sorry, fixed it.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 16:50













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I'm running tomato 1.28 on my N600 netgear router, and I have the following situation:



I have an ethernet cord coming directly from a normal router (I'll call it router1), that I would like to use to provide internet to the tomato router (router2).



I then have multiple Ethernet cables I would like to plug into router2, using it just like it is your average Ethernet hub, only with an NAS server on it.



It would also be cool if I could use the WiFi part too in the same way, but it is not needed.



I've seen multiple tutorials but they use terms I don't know since I've never worked with tomato before, and I'm not really sure how routers work. Is what I'm asking possible?



EDIT: I was able to set up router2 as a hub, or at least so I thought. It allows all devices connected to it to connect to router1, but only one is getting internet. When running the Windows network troubleshooter it says Your DNS server might be unavailable. I tired flushing my dns and releasing and renewing my ip. No mass.



EDIT 2: It appears this is another problem and is only for LAN ports not wireless. I'm thus moving it to a new question. since the accepted answer did technicall answer my question.






router ethernet nas tomato hub







share|improve this question















I'm running tomato 1.28 on my N600 netgear router, and I have the following situation:



I have an ethernet cord coming directly from a normal router (I'll call it router1), that I would like to use to provide internet to the tomato router (router2).



I then have multiple Ethernet cables I would like to plug into router2, using it just like it is your average Ethernet hub, only with an NAS server on it.



It would also be cool if I could use the WiFi part too in the same way, but it is not needed.



I've seen multiple tutorials but they use terms I don't know since I've never worked with tomato before, and I'm not really sure how routers work. Is what I'm asking possible?



EDIT: I was able to set up router2 as a hub, or at least so I thought. It allows all devices connected to it to connect to router1, but only one is getting internet. When running the Windows network troubleshooter it says Your DNS server might be unavailable. I tired flushing my dns and releasing and renewing my ip. No mass.



EDIT 2: It appears this is another problem and is only for LAN ports not wireless. I'm thus moving it to a new question. since the accepted answer did technicall answer my question.






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    r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
    – DavidPostill♦
    Nov 25 at 14:40












  • N600. Sorry, fixed it.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 16:50














  • 1




    r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
    – DavidPostill♦
    Nov 25 at 14:40












  • N600. Sorry, fixed it.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 16:50








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r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
– DavidPostill♦
Nov 25 at 14:40






r600? Doesn't not exist according to netgear.com/support ...
– DavidPostill♦
Nov 25 at 14:40














N600. Sorry, fixed it.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 16:50




N600. Sorry, fixed it.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 16:50










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Yes. Simply decide which device - router1 or tomato - will be the DHCP server. Disable as needed, configure the other as needed, and you are done.






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  • Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 17:25










  • What IP did you assign router2 ?
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  • Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 19:20











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Yes. Simply decide which device - router1 or tomato - will be the DHCP server. Disable as needed, configure the other as needed, and you are done.






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  • Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
    – Mark Deven
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  • What IP did you assign router2 ?
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  • Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 19:20















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Yes. Simply decide which device - router1 or tomato - will be the DHCP server. Disable as needed, configure the other as needed, and you are done.






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  • Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 17:25










  • What IP did you assign router2 ?
    – ivanivan
    Nov 25 at 18:25










  • Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 19:20













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Yes. Simply decide which device - router1 or tomato - will be the DHCP server. Disable as needed, configure the other as needed, and you are done.






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Yes. Simply decide which device - router1 or tomato - will be the DHCP server. Disable as needed, configure the other as needed, and you are done.







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  • Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 17:25










  • What IP did you assign router2 ?
    – ivanivan
    Nov 25 at 18:25










  • Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 19:20


















  • Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 17:25










  • What IP did you assign router2 ?
    – ivanivan
    Nov 25 at 18:25










  • Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
    – Mark Deven
    Nov 25 at 19:20
















Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 17:25




Ok I did that and it works, however I had not set up the NAS function yet. How can I connect to router2 now? 192.168.1.1 connects to Router1.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 17:25












What IP did you assign router2 ?
– ivanivan
Nov 25 at 18:25




What IP did you assign router2 ?
– ivanivan
Nov 25 at 18:25












Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 19:20




Ok I did that and was able to connect to it. However, I have another problem, it is only giving internet access to one device.
– Mark Deven
Nov 25 at 19:20


















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