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geraddavis · ‎Jul 10 2019

Uberseehandel, it's required for the WiFi enabled TiVo cable box to pull content into its menu. Without the filter I can't watch cable TV. The filter has a coax in, a coax out and Lan port. The cable feed comes into the house and plugs into the filter. From there a coax cable from the filter connects to the modem and an ethernet cable from the filter connects to my wireless router. I connect my cable box to my Wifi network and I have cable TV. I'm not too versed in the ins and outs of networking hardware, so my initial question could probably have been rewritten to ask "how do I add extra ports to my router?" 🙂 But I was also curious if one of the ports on the Z3 acted as a throughput for devices that didn't need to access the secure network.

geraddavis · ‎Jul 10 2019

Thanks AjitKumar. I believe this is was what I was thinking of; a switch. This, in essence, will provide me with additional ports on the Velop node. I removed the cable filter from the second port on the Velop node and plugged the Z3 into it and both networks are working as desired. Sounds like I just need to add a switch so I can make use of the cable filter once more and I'll be good to go!

geraddavis · ‎Jul 9 2019

My company recently upgraded their telecommuter networking hardware. They replaced the Aruba router with the Meraki Z3. While I like the speed and plug-n-play aspect of the Z3, I'm having trouble getting it to co-exist with my personal home network. Previously with the Aruba I could plug my Linksys Velop mesh node into port 4, which allowed me to run the two networks independently. With the Z3 I'm not having the same luck. What I've gleaned from the sparse instructions is that the proper way to have two networks is to connect the Velop node to the modem first, then connect the Z3 to the Velop node. The problem with this approach is that the second LAN port on my node is occupied with the filter for my cable TV box. What options do I have here? Is there a way to plug my home network into the Z3 (bridge mode)? Is there a device that I can plug into the secondary port of my Velop node which could in essence give me a third port so that I can run the Z3 off of the node and use the cable box filter? Thanks, Gerad-

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