Getting 2 simultaneous hardwired ethernet connections working without using Wi-Fi
I have been trying to get my PC and my television to work using ethernet cables. I don't like running Wi-Fi 24/7. My television service is via the Internet, not a Cox package. My Cox modem/router (G954331X) has connections for more than one ethernet cable in the back. I have two cables, so I put one from the modem/router to the PC and one from the modem/router to the TV. I can get the TV and the PC Internet to work successfully one at a time, but I can't get them to work simultaneously. When switching from one to the other, I have to turn the working one off, and reboot the router to recognize the other one. It appears that the only way to turn off the Cox Wi-Fi is to put the router in bridge mode, which is what I did.
When I called Cox today, I did get a really helpful person on the phone who spent some time looking into it and checking around. I was told I needed to take the router out of bridge mode to get the two things working at the same time. That turns the Wi-Fi back on. So, it seems that the basis for the Cox service operation is that it apparently relies on Wi-Fi to allow you more than one connection of any type at a time.
Am I not ever going to be able to get those two things working at the same time via a hardwired ethernet connection without Wi-Fi, or has someone figured out how to turn off the Wi-Fi and still get two ethernet connections to work simultaneously so I can work on my computer while the TV is on? Thank you so much for any insight offered.
He's putting it in BRIDGE mode which means it only supports a single IP address. So even though he has multiple ethernet ports, they won't provide multiple Ip addresses in bridge mode. He would need to purchase a Wired Router, and connect it to the ethernet port on the modem, and then connect his devices to the router.
