Connecting to ADSL modems from the LAN side

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Hi Nic

thanks for the update.

PEPLINK - this is a definite +1 feature request from me.

Ben

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So has this made it into 6.1?

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Can someone from Peplink provide an update regarding this feature please.

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Hello,

No this would not have been released in 6.1 firmware. We will be sure to update once we have hard date as to which firmware release this will be included in.

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Connecting to a DSL modem seems possible now for cases where “Connection Method = PPPoE”.

Static IP connection method

However when the DSL modem its connection method is static IP I still don’t see a possibility to access the DSL modem its management interface on an internal IP address.

DSL modem management uses IP from LAN range

Keep in mind when creating this feature, that the damn (KPN Speedtouch) DSL modem will use an IP address that is also in use on the local LAN range. I don’t wish to re-assign all my LAN devices with a new IP address. I will block the modem management IP address (192.168.1.254) from being assigned to any LAN device (192.168.1.x).

Static route

Now I wish a kind of static additional internal IP address to the WAN port that is connected to the modem (192.168.1.253). And then I would like a static route that will route traffic for the management interface of the modem (Destination Network=192.168.1.254 with mask of 255.255.255.255 /32) via the 192.168.1.253 IP.

#firmware 7 no static routing LAN IP to WAN interface
So far I can configure this with firmware 7.0.0 (3310). Though the routing magic does not happen.

Even without the static route in place, I can ping 192.168.1.254 on the correct WAN interface (public IP = privacy masked):

PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) from 1.4.6.2 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.591 ms
 
--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.591/0.591/0.591/0.000 ms

Though on the LAN side, with the extra LAN IP assigned to WAN port and the static route in place, the packet doesn’t reach the “static IP” DSL modem:

PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) from 192.168.1.1 56(84) bytes of data.
 
--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

Or did I make a mistake in the static routing?