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T-mobile gateway with seperate router
I'm just starting out on T-Mobile home internet but didn't want to stop using my Asus Router which is set up nicely already to handle everything in this household (both wifi and ethernet). Here's what I did to avoid any problems.
I hooked my Router's WAN port (which use to go to my cable modem) to one of the two ethernet ports on the back of the T-Mobile Gateway. To avoid double NAT and other problems, I went to Administration on my Asus RT-AX82U and changed it from Enrutador inalámbrico para Punto de acceso. I made sure to download the Device Discovery Utility linked under Access Point before saving the change so I could get the Router IP address to log into it after the Router reboots. Then just type the new IP into the browser to continue managing the Router.
I hope this helps anyone that simply wants to keep using their Router and it's setup with the T-Mobile Gateway. I can't totally disable the wifi in the T-Mobile Gateway (mine is the Sagemcom), but I switched it to 5Ghz only in the Tmobile app to cut down on any interference (which hasn't been a problem anyway) and still only use the WiFi from my Asus Router.
I’ve been using T-mobile home internet for over 2 years now, and from the beginning, I’ve always used a separate router, not just one configured as AP mode for WiFi.
I haven't had any issues with double NAT or anything like that. My original router handles all my static IPs, firewall, SQM/QoS, etc and the T-mobile gateway just acts as a WAN modem. I found the speeds to be much better like this compared to using the built in WiFi from the gateway. Speeds improved even further when I completely disabled the gateway's wifi using the HINT Control app. The T-mobile gateways are far too limited in their feature set to act as the router for anyone who has a significant home network, ie: not just a handful of laptops and smart phones.
