02-02-2020 08:38 PM - edited 02-02-2020 08:39 PM
Hello,
I have a RV320 that is sitting between 2 different routers/access points on my network. Essentially:
My ISP's router/access point <-----> RV320 <-----> My other access point
I want clients connected to each access point to be able to talk to each other. The only way I could make this setup work is to connect each access point to a LAN port on my RV320; using the WAN port creates separate networks and I couldn't make WAN traverse to LAN.
With that being said, now I have another problem: I have some other devices connected to RV320 that run on a VLAN. When I try to connect to internet from them, it doesn't work -- my guess is that communication reaches RV320 but since there isn't a WAN interface, it drops the messages.
Is there any way to achieve this setup with a RV320? It would be good if I could either:
Thanks a bunch!
02-03-2020 02:26 AM
look at the documents on this page
especially the firewall configuration
you may try to disable the firewall first
do not forget to configure your ISP's router with a static route to the network behind the RV320
02-04-2020 07:25 AM - edited 02-04-2020 07:27 AM
Thanks for your reply @pieterh.
My ISP router creates a 192.168.2.0/24 subnet. This is the same subnet used by my other access point, behind RV320. This network is created on RV320 but as I mentioned, just LAN ports are used.
In your solution, should I keep everything on LAN or can I use WAN? I'm asking because I would prefer to use WAN so that I can use RV320's VPN capabilities. And from my experience, I wasn't able to make WAN and LAN be part of the same network.
If my WAN is on the 192.168.2.0/24 network and my access point on LAN is on 192.168.3.0/24 network, then clients moving from one access point to another will lose connection, require new IP, etc, which is not desirable. Right?
02-05-2020 01:00 AM
>>> In your solution, should I keep everything on LAN or can I use WAN? <<<
in my solution it should be possible to connect clients both to LAN ports on the RV320
and LAN ports on the provider router (WAN network 192.168.2.0/24 )
>>> then clients moving from one access point to another will lose connection, require new IP, etc, which is not desirable. Right? <<<
Yes that is correct when moving from the provider AP to your own AP they will get an address in another subnet like 192.168.3.0/24. This need not be a problem, unless a lot of moving occurs. But as clients tend to cling to the connected AP s long as possible moving will be limited and primarily when you physically move them.
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