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meldgr8t
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Nov 29, 2015
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LAN to WAN Configuration

Hi, My situation is: 1. Vodafone HG659 modem/router (IP 192.168.1.1) that connects me to internet. 2. Netgear R8000 (located upstairs): IP 10.0.0.1.  All LAN ports on the back of it are connected ...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Dec 08, 2015

    meldgr8t

    1. Your home network will still be protected by the Vodafone router providing your 192.168.1.X subnet.
    2. JamesGL has given you the instructions for enabling AP Mode.  Once you enable it, you will have to force all devices with 10.0.0.X addresses to obtain new IP addresses in the 192.168.1.X subnet.  You can do this by either rebooting them or forcing them to renew their DHCP lease. 
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meldgr8t
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Nov 30, 2015

Are you able to walk me through the port forwarding set up on my R8000 to be able to do copy files from my laptop to the NAS, and vise versa?  Thanks.

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TheEther
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Nov 30, 2015
  1. Log into the R8000
  2. Go to ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup  
  3. Click +Add
  4. Select the entry for your NAS, then +Add.  This will insure that the IP address for your NAS doesn't change.  Make note of the IP address.  You will need it when setting up your port forwarding rules.
  5. Go to ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding
  6. Click +Add Custom Service
  7. Make up a name and enter it into Service Name (e.g. SMB Ports 1)
  8. Enter 137-139 for the external port range
  9. Enter the IP address for the NAS in the Internal IP address
  10. Click Apply
  11. Click +Add Custom Service again
  12. Make up another name and enter it into Service Name (e.b. SMB Ports 2)
  13. Enter 445 for the external port range
  14. Enter the IP address for the NAS in the Internal IP address
  15. Click Apply

Try to access the NAS from your laptop. I cannot guarantee that this will work.  There are two things that may fail.  First, Netbios name resolution may fail because the broadcasts may not make it through the R8000.  Second, I may have missed some ports to be forwarded.

 

Good luck.

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    meldgr8t
    Aspirant
    Nov 30, 2015

    Thanks for sharing this. I'll give it a go when I get home. 

    In the meantime, I read something about 'static ip routing' as another option. Are you able to help me with this as well just in case port forwarding fails? Many thanks once again.

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      TheEther
      Guru
      Nov 30, 2015

      I can, but I don't see how static routes will work.

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        meldgr8t
        Aspirant
        Nov 30, 2015

        Hi TheEther,

         

        Thanks for your help yesterday!  I did have a go on trying the options your recommended.  I couldn't get the port forwarding to work. However, the first option worked just perfectly fine (enable AP mode on R8000, all devices on the same network).  The thing I is I want to keep my two separate network (192.168.1.1 and 10.0.0.1), as they both work perfectly fine as well.

         

        Here's the article I came across from searching, and it's very similar to what I want to achieve.  It's worked for others, but I can't get it to work on my own network.  You maybe able to pick up something that I maybe missing.  Kindly help.

         

        "...If you want both subnets, then you will need to

        1. Connect the N600 WAN port—not a LAN port—to a 7700N LAN port.
        2. Enable DHCP on the 7700N (because the N600 is connected via the WAN port, this DHCP server won’t be seen by devices on the N600, so you won't get a conflict).
        3. Add a static route to the 7700N saying that the 192.168.0.x network is accessible via the gateway at 192.168.1.115.
        4. Disable NAT on the N600.

        If NAT is enabled on the N600 then the devices that are on 192.168.0.x will appear to come from 192.168.1.115 to devices on the 192.168.1.x network. Their address will be NATed to the address of the router. This will prevent you being able to access anything on 192.168.0.x from 192.168.1.x.  ..."