> Wait, you have the main network as 192.168.1.x/24 then the 2nd router as
> 192.168.8.x/25? /25 is smaller than /24, sure, but .8.x/25 isn't a subnet
> of .1.x/24.
The netgear has two addresses. On the "WAN" side it's a 192.168.1.x/24 address. On
the LAN side it's 192.168.8.1/25.
> Also, can you recommend a method for taking several addresses and finding
> the smallest common subnet/netmask that covers them? I've been doing it by
> hand.
I just search on "subnet calculator" on Google and use one of the first couple hits.
>> I then set up rules to allow the wireless network to access specific
>> devices on my primary LAN. One machine on my primary can remote manage the
>> Netgear. In other words, my Wireless considers my primary to be the
>> Internet, or WAN.
>
> Does the 2nd router get an address via DHCP? Its address should be out of
> its subnet, right?
I've hard coded its WAN side address, but it could do DHCP if you wanted.
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