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I have a router at home (which I'm calling Router A) that has some port forwarding configured to a specific IP. This was the only way I found to guarantee that my 3DS could reach Nintendo Network for online gaming.

However, now that I added a second router (Router B) as a second access point at home, I need to find a way of making it understand the same private network from Router A.

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That said, I'm looking for the best way of configuring Router B so that, when that traffic goes to Router A, it understands my 3DS as "192.168.1.20".

Is the best way of doing that turning one of the routers responsible for the DHCP in the entire "ROUTER A + ROUTER B" set?

bertieb
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You're on the right track: the optimal solution would most likely to switch the Router B into "bridge mode" and disable its DHCP server function. Then the wireless network provided by router B would be effectively part of the same IP network segment as the wireless network and the wired connections provided by router A.

There might even be a way to configure router B to "extend a wireless network" created by router A, using the wired connection between the routers as a backbone link. If both your routers have the necessary features for that, that might allow the most seamless transitions as you move from the wireless range of router A to router B or vice versa. Both routers would then use the same wireless SSID, but possibly different, non-overlapping radio channels.

telcoM
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