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Router as DHCP Server but with External IP Address for 1 machine inside the network
Hi, I know this is a newbie question, especially for the "Pro" forum but I inherited this netwrok and need to deal with it now... I have a network set up with the router as a DHCP server (192.168...
No Netgear consumer routers (including cable gateways, DSL routers, Nightawk, Nighthawk Pro Gaming, Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 routers, Orbi) are coming with support for handling WAN/Internet subnets with multiple available IP addresses, flexible NAT configuration, ... and multiple VLAN/security zones - features every "free" ISP router has nowadays..
The same applies to the "Small Business BU" Orbi Pro (DaneA is correct), and unless something has changed recently, also to the BR500 router.
Don't know for how many times this features were requested for either product line. Mostly a waste of time, sorry to say. Netgear is stuck in some 1990 router design with Web UI design form done sub-average by a 14 year old - and is (not only on this point) unable to change and adopt the router design to what is standard for decades on other vendors.
No Netgear consumer routers (including cable gateways, DSL routers, Nightawk, Nighthawk Pro Gaming, Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 routers, Orbi) are coming with support for handling WAN/Internet subnets with multiple available IP addresses, flexible NAT configuration, ... and multiple VLAN/security zones - features every "free" ISP router has nowadays..
The same applies to the "Small Business BU" Orbi Pro (DaneA is correct), and unless something has changed recently, also to the BR500 router.
Don't know for how many times this features were requested for either product line. Mostly a waste of time, sorry to say. Netgear is stuck in some 1990 router design with Web UI design form done sub-average by a 14 year old - and is (not only on this point) unable to change and adopt the router design to what is standard for decades on other vendors.
Thank you very much for the responses guys. Dissapointing info but answers my question :-)
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