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FlipFluitketel
Jun 15, 2021Aspirant
Netgear GS724Tv4 vlan routing
Hi, I'm rather new to vlan's so I might have missed something simple but I don't get it working like I hoped it would. I've got a Genexis Platinum 7840 modem which hasn't got options for vlan...
FlipFluitketel
Jun 28, 2021Aspirant
Hmm.. That's too bad the GS724Tv4 can't do the DHCP-server.
The Genexis Platinum 7840 is a modem/router and it isn't possible to put it in bridge-mode since the ISP has done some changes in the firmware and it also isn't possible to put another modem instead of the Genexis.
Then I would think the best option is to use another router behind the modem/router but the router then has to have some setting that users can't get to the other network. For example if I set the router to use the 192.168.10.x range the users shouldn't be able to get in the 192.168.2.x range from the Genexis (and the other way around). Any ideas about that "solution"?
DaneA
Jul 01, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
Then I would think the best option is to use another router behind the modem/router but the router then has to have some setting that users can't get to the other network. For example if I set the router to use the 192.168.10.x range the users shouldn't be able to get in the 192.168.2.x range from the Genexis (and the other way around). Any ideas about that "solution"?
Having another router behind the modem/router is not a good idea because you will have a Double NAT scenario that may cause problems.
Kindly access and read the articles below to learn more:
How to fix issues with Double NAT
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
- FlipFluitketelJul 02, 2021Aspirant
I know about double NAT but as I mentioned before, it is not possible to set the modem/router in bridge mode or and it doesn't support VLAN's and replacing it with another modem/router also isn't possible because of the ISP using settings for tv/telephone they won't share.
So basically you're saying it isn't possible in this situation to keep 2 networks separated from each other (unless using an extra router which mayba can cause problems because of the double NAT).
- tmittelstaedtJul 03, 2021Star
Have you actualy called your ISP tech support and asked them this? Because very few ISPs out there run gear that lacks the capability of going into bridged mode. Keep in mind that MANY isp's call it something other than bridged mode. For example Comcast doesen't call it anything at all, the term "bridged" exists nowhere in their modem interface. However if you simply turn off the firewall on the modem - all the sudden you are in bridged mode and your router pulls via DHCP from their public numbers not from their modem's DHCP server. And this is on their RESIDENTIAL service that also has telephone and TV.
Call your ISP and tell them "I have a VPN router that REQUIRES a public IP number on it's outside interface, it DOES NOT need to be a static IP number it can be dynamic, but it MUST be public with NO firewalling" and see what they say. I am sure they have thousands of customers who are like this and their support department has heard this question a million times.
With a REAL router it's possible to have MULTIPLE privately numbered networks behind the router. In fact that's precisely what I am posting from - a private network that is ROUTED not translated, behind another private network.
In fact, (just to dangle a carrot in front of you) I have a business customer that has THREE privately numbered networks all behind a router. The router is the free Untangle firewall it connects the Internet to the main net, and the routers that are between the main net and the remote nets are Netgear WNDR4000s that have been re-flashed with dd-wrt. dd-wrt allows you to turn off address translation and and turn the device into a real router in fact you can run OSPF and be right up there with the big boys. And dd-wrt also has the ultra-special go-fast code that does fast switching in some of Netgears higher end routers like the 7000 so you can route at gigabit speeds.
There's a whole world of routing out there beyond 'the book' I encourage you to investigate.
- FlipFluitketelJul 05, 2021Aspirant
Just called them again (did it before opening this thread) and still the answer is "No, you can't put it in bridge-mode" (or what name they would give it). But this person I was speaking to (had more knowledge then the first one I spoke about it) said it should be possible to put a device into DMZ. So maybe that could be an option.
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