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omane
Nov 18, 2025Aspirant
RS700 - passing L2TP traffic to internal server
[NOTE: I am preconfiguring an RS700 on my local LAN so I can send it to a remote family member. Hence, the "external" address of the RS700 is a private address (192.168.3.155); the LAN/internal addre...
- Nov 18, 2025
I greatly appreciate the help everyone!
Following StephenB's comment about trying to forward Port 5000 (and 5001 for https administration), I neither worked. Doubtful that it would be a Netgear bug, I went down the path of starting from scratch with the network connectivity. The issue (please don't kill me) is that I had the Synology server connected (via ethernet) to both the 192.168.3.x and 192.168.10.x networks (multiple ethernet ports in the Synology). Once I disconnected the 192.168.3.x ethernet, everything worked as expected.
Thanks for your help! Apologies if this is a rookie mistake...
omane
Nov 18, 2025Aspirant
I greatly appreciate the help everyone!
Following StephenB's comment about trying to forward Port 5000 (and 5001 for https administration), I neither worked. Doubtful that it would be a Netgear bug, I went down the path of starting from scratch with the network connectivity. The issue (please don't kill me) is that I had the Synology server connected (via ethernet) to both the 192.168.3.x and 192.168.10.x networks (multiple ethernet ports in the Synology). Once I disconnected the 192.168.3.x ethernet, everything worked as expected.
Thanks for your help! Apologies if this is a rookie mistake...
- FURRYe38Nov 18, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-routerEnjoy. 📡