Wireless-PC Ip address and default gateway in diffrent net.

[SlawomirWalesiak]

Hello,
I have problem in wireless network.
I configured WLC and evrything works, but i dont why ?
My laptop has IP address 192.168.60.207 and default gateway is 10.30.204.35.
For my knowledge the default gateway and laptop sholud be in the same IPv4 network (in wired networks).
The PC has access to the internet.
On WLC when i configured DHCP serwer i set default gateway as Mobility Express Contoller - that has IP address 10.30.204.35.
I suppose does WLC doing NAT by default from network 192.168.60.0/24 to his WAN interface adress 10.30.204.35.
When I try this on wired network it dosesnt work, i even can't ping default gateway. (My laptop has IP address 192.168.60.207 and default gateway is 10.30.204.35).
ARP entries for default gateway are good for wirded and wireless netoworks.

On my phone (connected to this Wi-Fi) it is identical situation.

Why is it working on wireless network?

This are some logs and configuration of my PC.

WINDOWS ipconfig /all

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : TEST
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A8-7E-EA-5B-7E-71
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5826:cb40:8299:b9f9%25(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.60.207(Preferred) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : czwartek, 23 maja 2024 12:48:11
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : piątek, 24 maja 2024 12:48:11
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.30.204.35 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.60.250
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 346586858
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-26-C6-E3-2C-CC-48-3A-3E-D7-1A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.40.1
208.67.222.222
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

C:\Users\slawek>netstat -r
===========================================================================
Interface List
5...cc 48 3a 3e d7 1a ......Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-LM - VLAN : VLAN44
33...cc 48 3a 3e d7 1a ......Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-LM - VLAN : Untagged VLAN
10...0a 00 27 00 00 0a ......VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
14...0a 00 27 00 00 0e ......VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2
24...a8 7e ea 5b 7e 72 ......Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
37...aa 7e ea 5b 7e 71 ......Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
6...00 50 56 c0 00 01 ......VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
38...00 50 56 c0 00 08 ......VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
25...a8 7e ea 5b 7e 71 ......Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.30.204.35 192.168.60.207 301
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.208.112 281
169.254.208.112 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.208.112 281
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.208.112 281
192.168.56.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.56.1 281
192.168.56.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.56.1 281
192.168.56.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.56.1 281
192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.60.207 301
192.168.60.207 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.60.207 301
192.168.60.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.60.207 301
192.168.159.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.159.1 291
192.168.159.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.159.1 291
192.168.159.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.159.1 291
192.168.226.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.226.1 291
192.168.226.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.226.1 291
192.168.226.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.226.1 291
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.208.112 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.56.1 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.159.1 291
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.226.1 291
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.60.207 301
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.208.112 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.56.1 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.159.1 291
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.226.1 291
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.60.207 301
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.30.44.254 Default
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.30.204.35 Default
===========================================================================

arp -a

Interface: 192.168.60.207 --- 0x19
Internet Address Physical Address Type
10.30.204.35 00-00-5e-00-01-01 dynamic
192.168.60.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static
224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static
224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static
224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static
239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static

There is access to the INTERNET !!!

C:\Users\slawek>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [142.250.203.206] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 142.250.203.206: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=113
Reply from 142.250.203.206: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=113
Reply from 142.250.203.206: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=113
Reply from 142.250.203.206: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=113

Ping statistics for 142.250.203.206:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 10ms

C:\Users\slawek>tracert wp.pl

Tracing route to wp.pl [212.77.98.9]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 7 ms 6 ms 6 ms www.wp.pl [212.77.98.9]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\slawek>ping 10.30.204.35

Pinging 10.30.204.35 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.30.204.35: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.30.204.35: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.30.204.35: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.30.204.35: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 10.30.204.35:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms

C:\Users\slawek>tracert 10.30.204.35

Tracing route to 10.30.204.35 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.30.204.35

Trace complete.
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(Cisco Controller) >show run-config

Press Enter to continue...

System Inventory
NAME: "Mobility Express" , DESCR: "Cisco ISR 1K Series Mobility Express"
PID: ISR-AP1100AC-E, VID: V01, SN: FOC26326GCT

Burned-in MAC Address............................ A0:0F:37:A5:90:20
Maximum number of APs supported.................. 50
Press Enter to continue or <ctrl-z> to abort

System Information
Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
Product Version.................................. 8.10.196.0
OUI File Last Update Time........................ N/A

System Name...................................... Cisco-a00f.37a5.9020
System Location..................................
System Contact...................................
System ObjectID.................................. 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.2665
IP Address....................................... 10.30.204.35
Last Reset....................................... 1: reload command
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(Cisco Controller) show>dhcp summary

Cisco Mobility Express DHCP Server

Internal DHCP Server Status: Running

Scope Name Enabled Address Range
VLAN10POOL Yes 192.168.60.10 -> 192.168.60.250

[Rich R · Accepted solution]

> On WLC when i configured DHCP serwer i set default gateway as Mobility Express Contoller - that has IP address 10.30.204.35

Why?  They must all be on the same subnet (which looks like it should be 192.168.60.0/24)!  ME only supports flexconnect local switching.  It's working probably because the ME has sent ICMP redirect to the correct gateway or one of them is doing proxy arp.

[SlawomirWalesiak]

Why I did that strange things (configure default gateway in another IP network) ? 
I am new in wireless and I was testing eqipment and configuration (a little network fun :D).
Thank you for Your answer. I think its correct. (It's working probably because the ME has sent ICMP redirect to the correct gateway or one of them is doing proxy arp.) 
When I have a bit of free time I check it. I will propabbly use Wireshark and some debug commands to chceck It.

Thank You

[Rich R]

<smile> No problem