I'll try to explain our setup. We live in Belgium and we have chosen for Proximus as our ISP, Proximus comes into our house via a VDSL modem. Out of that modem we get internet, digital TV and a fixed phone line. For digital TV you need an extra decoder (I think it must be a STB, like you call it), I called this the "TV box" in my previous posts, it is the Android V7 decoder in this link:
https://www.proximus.be/manuals/nl/hand ... nstallatie
To get the "TV box" running it needs to be connected to the Proximus VDSL modem, if you put a router in between it refuses to boot with the message 'Not connected to the Proximus network!' If there is a simple unmanaged switch in between (modem -> switch -> TV box) it is fine.
So when I put the hAP AC2 with DHCP in between the modem and the TV box I get the above error. The first thing what came on my mind to fix this was bridging Eth1-Eth2 and connect the TV box on Eth2. Off course the Eth1 is connected to the modem. I know it is not a good and safe way to set up the hAP, but like this the TV box is ok and is running fine.
BUT: as an extra feature, the latest Android TV box has a build-in Chromecast. We like to use this Chromecast from the devices connected to the hAP wifi. Because the Chromecast in the TV box is on the 192.168.1.0/24 network from the modem, the devices on the wifi (192.168.
2.0/24) can't see the Chromecast. -> at this point I started my original post .....
I don't know how the TV box judges if it is connected to the Proximus network. I was thinking maybe it is fine if it is in the same segment as the modem's IP range. That is what I was trying in my previous post, but I did something wrong because I don't have internet on my hAP connections.
What I was trying to do:
- Modem gives out adresses 192.168.1.11-99 (the modem itself is 192.168.1.1 and 2..10 are reserved for fixed adresses of different routers in our house)
- hAP AC2 on fixed IP 192.168.1.2 gives out adresses 192.168.1.100-254 and remove the Eth1-Eth2 bridge
The TV box will then be in the 192.168.100-254 range and maybe it will boot then. If it does, also the Chromecast would be accesssible because also the wifi connections will be in that range.
I know it it strange: 2 DHCP servers (modem and hAP) in the same range, but they to not overlap, is it impossible or stupid to do?