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Nighthawk R7000 + Comcast Bus SMC
Hi all, I have the simple and fairly generic Comcast business SMC cable modem. I can't get an exact model right now but it is the one that has the 4 port switch on the back. In the UI for this modem it presents a LAN address (currently set to 10.2.10.1) and a DHCP server (currently disabled). I bought the R7000 for the VPN. I'd like to connect and have access to devices on the LAN. I have static IPs. The comcast cable modem is at XXX.xxx.xxx.A, and the other one I pay for is XXX.xxx.xxx.B. The comcast SMC modem shows the .A address in the gateway setup. From the internet I can ping that IP and it returns a ping. Prior to the nighthawk I had a sonicwall tz100. In this I simply set it's WAN ip to the .B address sort of in punch through mode and connected the wan port of the sonic wall to the smc 4 port switch and it worked. The problem with the TZ100 was that it caused all kinds of issues with my company Cisco software VPN. I bought the R7000 hoping for a personal VPN solution that would not kill my company Cisco VPN needs. So I installed the nighthawk and gave it IP address 10.2.10.2 on the LAN. I tried a number of different things for the internet setup. Right now I'm using it in punch through mode as well by setting the XXX.xxx.xxx.B address in the WAN port. I point the gateway at the .A address. This sort of works. Computers connected to the nighthawk get DHCP addresses and can get out to the internet. Asking about public IP does in fact return the .B address as I expected. Here is the problem: A) The open VPN client will not connect. It just sits there waiting for host response. I've tried several different computers both Win and Mac with no luck. B) To support A even though I have remote management enabled if I from the internet attempt to connect to XXX.xxx.xxx.B:8443 it too will timeout and not connect. So I suspect something like the following: Even though the router (nighthawk) has wan set to XXX.xxx.xxx.B it really isn't present at that address. IE outgoing works, incoming does not. Somehow the SMC cable modem is like in the way. So I tried the following: SMC cable modem, enable DHCP server from 10.2.10.2 to 10.2.10.4. In nighthawk set WAN port to get address automatically. This did something strange. I want my home LAN to be on 10.2.10.xxx but the nighthawk doesn't like having the IP address of the WAN be similar it seems to the lan. It reverted my lan addresses to 192.168.1.xxx So the simple question after all that is: How should I setup the nighthawk assuming I have two static internet IPs on the SMC. One seems to be used by the SMC and the other is free. How should I setup the nighthawk to ensure it will allow VPN and remote management? Help! Thanks in advance!Solved6.1KViews0likes2Comments