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john_auber
Dec 08, 2021Aspirant
Two devices with the same Ip and MAC ID address
Hi all, I need to connect two devices, that have the same IP and mac ID address, on a switch GS716Tv3. And I need to be able to talk to them independently. Is there a way to configure the switch, in ...
- Dec 09, 2021
Some fully fledged NAT routers or iptables config (not simple many2one as the consumer routers), this is worth a try. Well possible you need two physical units due to the same MAC address.
I'd start with two RasPi or better a NanoPi with two physical Ethernet adapters.
john_auber
Dec 09, 2021Aspirant
Yep unfortunately we did face the odd.
We did read about some NAT router, that can be a bridge that can translate an IP address in both directions. So maybe we can use something like that to change the second device that had the same IP address from the network.
Is that something that may works according to you?
Thanks
schumaku
Dec 09, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Some fully fledged NAT routers or iptables config (not simple many2one as the consumer routers), this is worth a try. Well possible you need two physical units due to the same MAC address.
I'd start with two RasPi or better a NanoPi with two physical Ethernet adapters.
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