HELP ! setup 2 wireless router on 1 ISP

[zambi]

Hello -

I am looking for some help from all the network gurus here. I want to setup 2 physically separate wireless router on 1 ISP router on my home network.

Following is what I am looking for.

ISP -> Cable Modem - > ????? - > Wireless Modem 1 (Main [MAC Access Controlled]) - > Laptops/NAS
\-> Wireless Modem 2 (Guest [Password Controlled]) - > Laptop

Also, I am not a networking person, so if I am asking for something stupid here please let me know.

If this is possible, please let how can I achieve this?

Thanks

 

[mv2devnull]

It does sound like you want to set up two home subnets:
* LAN-1 for "home devices"
* LAN-2 for "guests", all wireless

Your ISP provides cable signal. There has to be a modem to convert cable signal into ethernet signal.

ISP has its own subnet. There has to be a router between two (or more) subnets.
ISP -- Cable Modem -- Router

A cheap all-in-one device can have both router and access point. It may further support more than one wireless subnets and be able to disallow routing between the two home subnets.

 

[aigomorla]

you need 3 routers for what you want to do unless you get a router which has guest wifi like TPLink Archer series.

But what you need to do is:

ISP -> Cable Modem -> Router -> Guest Wifi on / Guest WiFi Access Point / Wifi Router
-> Laptop / NAS on regular network though router.

You can get really complicated and go with a managed switch and setup VLAN and other stuff, but i think that is a bit too advance for you at the moment.