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I would like to setup my network so that the amchien with IP address 192.168.1.40 can be accessed with a static IP provided by my ISP, let's call that one 50.149.12.741. On my last router (a sonicwa...
- You can't set the external address. It is implicitly assumed to be the IP address of R7000's WAN port.
If your R7000's WAN port address is not 50.149.12.741 (BTW, this is not a valid IP address, but I know you were using it as an example), then your modem is doubling as a router. If possible, put your modem into bridge mode. This will move the ISP IP address to your R7000, which will use it as the external address and you should be good to go.
If you are unable to enable bridge mode on the modem, then you may have to set up a separate port forward on your modem. The port forwarding rule on the modem would point to the R7000's WAN IP address. In effect, the modem will forward all RDP traffic to the R7000. In turn, the R7000 will forward it to the internal machine. If you are lucky, this will simply work, but it's not ideal. If you want to know why, do a web search on "double NAT".
You can't set the external address. It is implicitly assumed to be the IP address of R7000's WAN port.
If your R7000's WAN port address is not 50.149.12.741 (BTW, this is not a valid IP address, but I know you were using it as an example), then your modem is doubling as a router. If possible, put your modem into bridge mode. This will move the ISP IP address to your R7000, which will use it as the external address and you should be good to go.
If you are unable to enable bridge mode on the modem, then you may have to set up a separate port forward on your modem. The port forwarding rule on the modem would point to the R7000's WAN IP address. In effect, the modem will forward all RDP traffic to the R7000. In turn, the R7000 will forward it to the internal machine. If you are lucky, this will simply work, but it's not ideal. If you want to know why, do a web search on "double NAT".
If your R7000's WAN port address is not 50.149.12.741 (BTW, this is not a valid IP address, but I know you were using it as an example), then your modem is doubling as a router. If possible, put your modem into bridge mode. This will move the ISP IP address to your R7000, which will use it as the external address and you should be good to go.
If you are unable to enable bridge mode on the modem, then you may have to set up a separate port forward on your modem. The port forwarding rule on the modem would point to the R7000's WAN IP address. In effect, the modem will forward all RDP traffic to the R7000. In turn, the R7000 will forward it to the internal machine. If you are lucky, this will simply work, but it's not ideal. If you want to know why, do a web search on "double NAT".
Thank you, that makes sense.