Hello all, I’m hoping for some configuration assistance.
I have a little network consisting of two MAX BR1 Pros. One is acting as a traditional AP, handing out IP addresses via DHCP, and has one LAN device with a fixed IP connected via ethernet. The two BR1s are connected wirelessly.
The second BR1 is meant to act as more of a client or bridge. It has fixed IP addresses (one for its LAN, and unique IPs for its 2.4 and 5G wireless WAN connections to the main AP). Its DHCP server is disabled because none of the connected devices need it. Its wifi wan connections are set for “IP Forwarding”.
What isn’t working is open communication between all the devices connected to this little network. If I connect to the main AP via wifi, I can connect to the device connected by ethernet to the main AP, as well as the main AP and the client BR1. But, I cannot connect to any of the devices that are plugged into the client BR1.
What configuration or settings do I need to enable for this to work? Is there a nice example of a setup like this that I can follow? Thanks!
Hi…
Only at second BR1!
Disable NAT, disable dhcp
All devices under it, must have the same ip network of the first BR1.
OR…
Disable NAT at second BR1, but add a static route at lan side of the First BR1, routing to the ip network of the second BR1.
Hi Marcelo, thanks for your quick reply!
I do have NAT and DHCP disabled on the second BR1. Currently all the devices involved here are on the same 192.168.131.x subnet. And yet, they can’t all talk to each other.
Hi…
We are talking about?
BR1(hw1) ? HW3? BR1pro?
Firewall rules?
Static route… don’t need… because both BR1 are in the same network range.
They are both BR1 Pro 5G, firmware 8.5.1
I have no firewalls active.
I can do a test, tomorrow… at my lab… But… I don’t have two BR1pro… I have two TST-DUO-PRO, both running 8.5.1.
Hum… I have one BR1pro5G… I will do a test… using a second peplink the TST-DUO-PRO… will be in the same LAN network of br1pro5g and it will be connect to BR1pro, using WiFi bridge.
That would be amazing! Yes, I imagine it would work about the same. I can’t help but feel as though there’s one little setting I’m missing here to get this to work.
Hi…
It the old " route is always a route " rule…
The WiFi interface, cannot be in the same network of LAN network.
One solution is using another lan network or broke the networks, using netmask.
Alright, fair enough! If it’s not possible for the WAN and LAN to be on the same subnet, I’ll need assistance with getting data flowing in both directions.
When I use separate subnets, then the devices on the “client” BR1 are able to see devices upstream, but it doesn’t work in the other direction.
I’d be fine with using a mesh network as well, but appear to be having the same issues with data being basically unidirectional.
I admit I’m spinning my wheels here. This should be possible, right??
Using " drop-in" peplink can have wan and lan in the same network range… But… cannot use " drop-in " with WiFi WAN and LAN.
You will have " two networks " … and both will be visibile one to another…
- devices under first peplink, have the gateway for it
- first peplink know the ip for the second peplink
- second peplink have a static wifi wan ip ( no nat ) this way, the lan device under it, will answer all requests from the first network.
- Broadcast will be a chalenge… you need to use a feature " udp relay " to help with this.
I’m afraid I’ll need a bit more guidance than that. Do you have a more detailed list of settings that I should be enabling?
I will build it and share the screens…
Updating…
I split my network 192.168.7.0/24 in two networks
Second Peplink
Connected using WiFi to first Peplink.
Changed setting to NO NAT.
First Peplink
Fixed the ip address of the Second Peplink
add a static route to 192.168.7.128/25, using the ip address of WiFi (fixed at dhcp)
Do you need picture from dhcp of each Peplink?
Any questions? Please… send a message…
Hi Marcelo, thanks very much for your efforts! This is a clever method. I set up my radios according to your instructions, but again ran into the situation where data seemed to only be available in one direction. I’ll poke at it further to see if I can figure out what went wrong. If you do have your DHCP settings handy that would be great. Is it possible to use static IP on the second Peplink rather than DHCP?
Hi…
First Peplink dhcp
Second Peplink dhcp
Start: 192.168.7.150
end: 192.168.7.200
Sure…
But… all devices under second peplink will have the ip 192.168.7.129/25 as default gateway.
Can you share screens of your device? First? Second?
Thank you.
So there’s the current state of things.
If I am wired in to the “Rover” BR1, or connected to it wirelessly, I can see/access the other computer connected to the router, and the BR1 itself. An IP sweep cannot see the primary “BaseStation3” IP address on the network.
If I am connected wirelessly to the “BaseStation3” BR1, I can see the IPs of the two BR1s but nothing else (and most critically, I cannot access the other computer connected to the Rover BR1).
These should all be untouched. Thanks again for your help and patience!
Troubleshooting…
you can ping (under dashboard / system / ping) from Admin to Rover?
LAN ip address of Rover 192.168.130.129
