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Static routes with WNR3500Lv2
I'm having a problem with devices on a non local (192.168.0.x) subnet reaching the Internet via the WNR3500Lv2. The Firmware Version is V1.2.0.34_40.0.75. My configuration is a follows. First, I don'...
TheEther I finally have a solution for my issue. I loaded "Tomato v1.28.0000 MIPSR2-132 K26 USB AIO" firmware and everything I need now seems to work fine. Nice piece of software. Lots of features over the stock Netgear firmware. I like that it's linux based and you can ssh to manage it.
I did hear back from engineering. The capability to NAT/route non-local subnet traffic was specifically removed. They were concerned that requests for features (port forwarding, DoS protection, etc.) for stuff that was non-local would complicate things for a configuration that few people had. Maybe it's a Broadcom chip issue. We'll see. I'll do some testing.
Thanks for your help on this issue.
I would appreciate a follow-up once you hear from Netgear. I'm curious whether they deliberately removed this functionality or if it's a bug.
Stay tuned. I am getting the run around from tech support. I'm now told I need a ProSAFE business class router to get the functionality I had in my old WGR614v9. Just finished a chat with ProSAFE pre-sales. They said the FVS318G V2 should NAT non-local IP subnet traffic to the WAN port. I'll buy a FVS318G V2 and see. Will update this thread when I have an answer.
It's too bad they won't give you a straight answer about NAT support on the WNR3500Lv2 or any consumer-grade Netgear router. Perhaps a moderator can check directly with Engineering. Specifically, the question is, will the current generation of consumer-grade Netgear routers perform NAT on other local subnets besides the directly attached subnet? In other words, will traffic from subnet B going to the Internet be NAT'd?
Internet-----Netgear router------Subnet A-------Another Router--------Subnet B
I've asked that very question many times in my conversations and can't get a straight answer. So I upgraded to a FVS318Gv2 and still no joy. Interestingly it gets a little further than the WNR3500Lv2 in some traffic reaches the internet. I can:
- Do a nslookup and get a reposne fron the internet.
- Ping a device on the Internet if I use an IP address vs. a DNS name
- Sometimes I can ping a device on the Internet using a DNS name
- Traceroute successfully
- I can get half of a FTP connection. I can connect using the control channel, but can't do data transfers
But,
- can't ssh or scp to devices on the internet
- can't connect using http
- can't apt-get
I spoke with tech support at length but they can't figure out why it's not working. I can't even get them to say "it should work" but there appears to be a problem. Basically tech support is useless.
I needed to go back to my WGR614v9 router to get any work done.