RAX40 static route

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I need to configure a static route to make 192.168.100.1 routeable from the local network. Where some routers can configure this to route to the upstream/internet interface, the RAX40 requires an IP which is dynamically assigned. Is there a way to configure this to keep the gateway ip pointed at the at the upstream interface?

antinode · Answer

&gt; I need to configure a static route to make 192.168.100.1 routeable&gt; from the local network. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know what that means.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General advice: You might have more success if you described theactual problem which you are trying to solve, rather than asking how toimplement some particular "solution" ("configure a static route [...]")which may have little or nothing to do with the actual problem (whateverit might be).

laurichj · Answer

Ok, I have a starlink dish with an ip of 192.168.100.1. I have an RAX40 connected to it. I need devices connected to the RAX40 on the 192.168.1.0/24 network to be able to route to 192.168.100.1 via the uplink interface.

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] I have a starlink dish [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not a very detailed description of that device.&nbsp;&gt; [...] with an ip of 192.168.100.1. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That's its LAN IP address?&nbsp; Why, exactly, are you trying to add theRAX40 to your (unspecified) "a starlink dish"?&nbsp; Better wireless-networkcoverage, or what?&nbsp;&gt; [...] I need devices connected to the RAX40 on the 192.168.1.0/24&gt; network to be able to route to 192.168.100.1 via the uplink interface.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How did you configure the WAN/Internet interface on the RAX40?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If the WAN/Internet interface on the RAX40 is configured properly,then devices on its LAN should use it as their default gateway, and youshouldn't need to worry about routes.&nbsp;&nbsp; If your (unspecified) "a starlink dish" includes a router (which,given that "192.168.100.1" address, seems likely), then you might wantto configure the RAX40 as a wireless access point.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and lookfor Documentation.&nbsp; Get the User Manual (at least).&nbsp; Read.&nbsp; Look for"Set up the router as a WiFi access point".

laurichj · Answer

antinode&nbsp;wrote:&gt; [...] I have a starlink dish [...]&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;Not a very detailed description of that device?.&nbsp;SpaceX's Starlink is an internet provider. They use satilite dishes, so this is essentially my modem.&nbsp;&gt; [...] with an ip of 192.168.100.1. [...]&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;That's its LAN IP address?&nbsp; Why, exactly, are you trying to add the&gt; RAX40 to your (unspecified) "a starlink dish"?&nbsp; Better wireless-network&gt; coverage, or what?&nbsp;Yes, 192.168.100.1 is the dish's IP.&nbsp;I'm connecting it because I want internet access. I'm setting up the static route because I'd like to know when its obstructed, down and/or has no satillite.&nbsp;&gt; [...] I need devices connected to the RAX40 on the 192.168.1.0/24&gt; network to be able to route to 192.168.100.1 via the uplink interface.&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;How did you configure the WAN/Internet interface on the RAX40?&nbsp;Its DHCP so its just the defaults. All I've done on the entire RAX40 is SSID, password and the static route.&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;If the WAN/Internet interface on the RAX40 is configured properly,&gt; then devices on its LAN should use it as their default gateway, and you&gt; shouldn't need to worry about routes.&nbsp;You're correct and the LAN is 192.168.1.1/24 so it ought to just work, yet it does not. Any ideas why?&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;If your (unspecified) "a starlink dish" includes a router (which,&gt; given that "192.168.100.1" address, seems likely), then you might want&gt; to configure the RAX40 as a wireless access point.&nbsp;Unfortunately, the dish does not include a router. It had an external router, but it was slow and had no admin access.&nbsp;

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] so this is essentially my modem.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sounds more like a (modem+)router.&nbsp; Has it a maker and model number?Any documentation?&nbsp; (I might search for some myself, if I knew what itwas.&nbsp; Then again, which of us cares more?)&nbsp;&gt; Yes, 192.168.100.1 is the dish's IP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; And if you connect a computer to it directly, what's the IPaddress of the computer?&nbsp; Two computers/devices?&nbsp;&gt; I'm connecting it because I want internet access. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And you do _not_ get Internet access if you simply connect a computerto it?&nbsp; (Two computers/devices?)&nbsp;&gt; [...] I'm setting up the static route because I'd like to know when&gt; its obstructed, down and/or has no satillite.&nbsp;&nbsp; You lost me.&nbsp; With no actual information on your satellite system, Iknow nothing, but "192.168.100.1" is not a public IP address, so I'd beta small sum that your satellite stuff includes a router of some type,someplace.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And, in any case, whether the RAX40 is your only router or yoursecond router, you don't need to specify a route to enable its LAN sideto talk to its WAN/Internet side.&nbsp;&gt; Its DHCP so its just the defaults. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What're the details under ADVANCED &gt; ADVANCED Home : Internet Port?&nbsp;&gt; [...] All I've done on the entire RAX40 is SSID, password [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; Why not stop there?&nbsp;&gt; [...] and the static route.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can't see what you specified for that, and I see no reason to doit, regardless.&nbsp;&gt; [...] so it ought to just work, yet it does not.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Which kind of "not work" is this?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "not work" is not a useful problem description.&nbsp; It does not say whatyou did.&nbsp; It does not say what happened when you did it.&nbsp; As usual,showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (errormessages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vaguedescriptions or interpretations.&nbsp;&gt; Unfortunately, the dish does not include a router. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So you claim, but I'd like some evidence.&nbsp; See "I'd bet", above.&nbsp;&gt; [...] It had an external router, [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some actual information about that device might be interesting, too.&nbsp;&gt; [...] but it was slow and had no admin access.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But it worked?&nbsp; And when it did, what sort of IP addresses did yourcomputers/devices get when connected to it?

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