Re: 2 subnets with one FIOS router
Jin356b
Enthusiast - Level 1

I figured out a way to get these P0S routers to NAT all my internal networks, WITHOUT having to add a secondary NAT router in between. Say for instance my default internal network is 192.168.1.0/24, and the verizon router's internal IP is 192.168.1.1. Then I have 2 internally routed networks: 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24. To get the verizon router to NAT the 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24 nets, you have to trick it into thinking that these networks are part of it's default internal network.

1. Go the router's My Network -> Network Connections -> edit LAN

2. Click the Settings button

3. Scroll down to Routing Table and click New Route

4. Enter the routes to your internal networks. Ensure you leave the metric at 0.

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for all your internal networks

6. Apply the settings.

7. At this point all your internal networks should be able to communicate with one another (provided you setup each device's default gateway correctly).

8. Go back into the LAN connection settings page

9. Scroll down until you see the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. The IP Address should already be set to 192.168.1.1. Change the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0.

10. Apply the settings.

This will trick the router into NATing all 192.168.x.x networks. And the static routes you entered in step 4 will ensure the 'incorrect' subnet mask doesn't break internal routing. I Hope this helps all you Enterprise Network admins that are stuck using this crap... 

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Re: 2 subnets with one FIOS router
HollyW00d
Newbie

I just wanted to reply and say THANK YOU.  I was just setting up my lab at home and was about to thrown my monitor on the floor because I could not get my second subnet on the internet.  After attempting numerous static routes and firewall rules I was going to give up until I saw your post.  

At least now I know it's this crappy router, and not what I was doing that was causing the router to not forward NAT for that second subnet.

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Re: 2 subnets with one FIOS router
hndcb
Newbie

Here is an interesting document from Actiontech indicating how to create different VLANs :

http://support.actiontec.com/doc_files/Creating_an_Ethernet_VLAN.pdf

It will provide great flexibility to control the MI424WR unit.

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Re: 2 subnets with one FIOS router
Sobak1
Newbie

I know this is an old posting but THANK YOU, I've been dealing with VLAN problems for about 4 weeks now, gave up on the Fios router and decided to install a Cisco1841 behind my Fios, everything was working well but my VLAN's not on 192.168.1.x were not routing.  Found you post and everything is working now!!!!

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