connchri
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Long time no speaky...
I have a nice internet connection (well, for being out in the sticks) and a Draytek 2920 router. From my ISP I have a static /29 block of IPv4 addresses, and /56 block of IPv6 addresses - lovely jubbly.
I'll have a spare few days in a months time and want to sort out my network - I did have an office network that is nat'd to a static IPv4 address, another subnet and vlan that is nat'd to another static IPv4, and one other vlan and subnet to a fixed IP for sharing my internet with a neighbour. So I've still had a few IPv4 addresses left. This was all set up via a pfSense router that I've since got rid off and replaced with the Draytek.
I'm wanting to set up a similar setup with the draytek, and I will soon enough. But one thing I never managed to get my head around was being able to also directly connect hosts to internet using the pfSense router as a gateway. I.E. having those three nat'd subnets, then another 2 or 3 hosts without a Nat and directly reachable from the net by their own fixed IP address.
Is anyone experienced enough with Draytek hardware to state whether what I want to do is possible? And although I'm well aquianted with the theory of networks (i've read enough books on it!), I've never done much of it besides simple vlans, trunking, and running Cat5e everywhere. Practical experience is severly lacking.
I essentially want to setup those three networks again, and add a couple of servers without them having to be nat'd with complex firewall rules - if possible I simply want them to be able to use the router as a gateway and nothing else.
Any tips to be had?
I have a nice internet connection (well, for being out in the sticks) and a Draytek 2920 router. From my ISP I have a static /29 block of IPv4 addresses, and /56 block of IPv6 addresses - lovely jubbly.
I'll have a spare few days in a months time and want to sort out my network - I did have an office network that is nat'd to a static IPv4 address, another subnet and vlan that is nat'd to another static IPv4, and one other vlan and subnet to a fixed IP for sharing my internet with a neighbour. So I've still had a few IPv4 addresses left. This was all set up via a pfSense router that I've since got rid off and replaced with the Draytek.
I'm wanting to set up a similar setup with the draytek, and I will soon enough. But one thing I never managed to get my head around was being able to also directly connect hosts to internet using the pfSense router as a gateway. I.E. having those three nat'd subnets, then another 2 or 3 hosts without a Nat and directly reachable from the net by their own fixed IP address.
Is anyone experienced enough with Draytek hardware to state whether what I want to do is possible? And although I'm well aquianted with the theory of networks (i've read enough books on it!), I've never done much of it besides simple vlans, trunking, and running Cat5e everywhere. Practical experience is severly lacking.
I essentially want to setup those three networks again, and add a couple of servers without them having to be nat'd with complex firewall rules - if possible I simply want them to be able to use the router as a gateway and nothing else.
Any tips to be had?
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