Transparent Bridge with NAT?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:12 pm
So this falls into the category of "Can it be done?"
We are setting up a mikrotik to handle QoS and have several devices that act as wireless bridges with internal IP addresses for the sake of argument they run on 192.168.1.x/24
The mikrotik is set up as a transparent bridge to allow client devices to get IP addresses from an external DHCP server and avoid double NAT.
Brief rundown: ether1 is the "master" port and QoS is set on the others (using Mangle and Queue trees) with all five ports bridged together. I know I can set a DHCP client on the bridge/ether1 interface and can get the information about that IP through ARP/other means. Is there a way that I can get remote access to the 192 IPs while still maintaining the transparent bridge?
Setup is as follows:
Modem ---- Mikrotik ---- wireless bridge AP(192.168.1.x/24) ---- Wireless bridge client(192.168.1.x/24) ---- CPE that gets external DHCP/internet access (69.x.x.x as an example)
We are setting up a mikrotik to handle QoS and have several devices that act as wireless bridges with internal IP addresses for the sake of argument they run on 192.168.1.x/24
The mikrotik is set up as a transparent bridge to allow client devices to get IP addresses from an external DHCP server and avoid double NAT.
Brief rundown: ether1 is the "master" port and QoS is set on the others (using Mangle and Queue trees) with all five ports bridged together. I know I can set a DHCP client on the bridge/ether1 interface and can get the information about that IP through ARP/other means. Is there a way that I can get remote access to the 192 IPs while still maintaining the transparent bridge?
Setup is as follows:
Modem ---- Mikrotik ---- wireless bridge AP(192.168.1.x/24) ---- Wireless bridge client(192.168.1.x/24) ---- CPE that gets external DHCP/internet access (69.x.x.x as an example)