Routers Two routers, want to access GUI on first one

I hope someone can help me here.
I have a setup where my internet gateway is a 4G modem/wifi router (Alcatel Y800- supplied by ISP)- but its wifi coverage is a bit naff, so I have connected it (via USB) to an Asus router (RT-N66U) which gives me 4 ethernet ports and far better wifi.
It all works fine, but the Alcatel needs re-booting from time to time and it would be handy to be able to access its GUI whilst I am connected to the Asus router.
I've set the Alcatel's local IP is 192.168.0.1, the Asus' to 182.168.0.100. The only other setting I have altered is setting the DHCP pools so that there are no overlaps.
When I'm connected to the Asus router, typing in 192.168.0.1 just returns 'page not available' but I can access it fine if I change to the Alcatel's own wifi network. But sometimes this isn't practical.
I thought port forwarding might do the trick, but it appears to me that it only works from the WAN side- but what di I know? That's why I'm asking!


TIA.

why not disable DHCP on the secondary router, no need to have multiple DHCP servers on same subnet dishing out IP addresses.

On the secondary router, set the default gateway to the primary router 192.168.0.1

jfish said:

why not disable DHCP on the secondary router, no need to have multiple DHCP servers on same subnet dishing out IP addresses.

On the secondary router, set the default gateway to the primary router 192.168.0.1

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Hi, thanks for the reply.
I will give that a try. My only reservation is that the primary router is limited to 10 clients (ISP restriction?)- I don't know if that's 10 wifi clients or 10 in total. But the main reason I avoided doing that in the first place is that it's a bit flaky at the best of times so I thought the Asus would be better for that. Having said that, it (the Alcatel) has been a lot more stable since we got 4G.

You need to disable the DHCP on the Alcatel router as it will just become a gateway and invisible.

They same thing happens with my Netgear router, if I have it set to get IP via DHCP. You only want the Asus to issue IP's across the network.

MH said:

You need to disable the DHCP on the Alcatel router as it will just become a gateway and invisible.

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If I do this, will I still be able to access the Alcatel GUI via 192.168.0.1?

MH said:

They same thing happens with my Netgear router, if I have it set to get IP via DHCP. You only want the Asus to issue IP's across the network.

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Yes, that is exactly what I want.