Help with RB1100 Small Business setup

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Our business just got some tasty GigE fiber, yay! We purchased a RB1100 to handle it. ISP Gave us a /29 like so (first three octets are fake)- 1.2.3.9/29 where 1.2.3.9 is the Network, 1.2.3.10 is our Gateway, and 1.2.3.16 is our broadcast. 255.255.255.248 for netmask.

I have no clue how to set this up. I tried adding 1.2.3.9/29 as an address to eth1 and adding a route of 1.2.3.10 for the gateway, but the ping tool doesn’t work and we’re not seeing any connectivity from their online monitor. Before I try messing with NAT, DHCP, and so on I just want to get this bad boy talking to the Internet.

Web interface shows the gateway as “unreachable” with a Dst.Address of 0.0.0.0/0 and Pref. Source is blank.

Any tips?

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Are you sure about the addresses?
To me the network should be 1.2.3.8, your IP (correctly) 1.2.3.9, broadcast should be 1.2.3.15.
In my experience the gateway is in most of the cases the first (or last) usable address in the network.
Try to add 1.2.3.10/29 as your IP address and 1.2.3.9 (first) or 1.2.3.9.14 (last) as your default gateway.
Maybe you should double check with your ISP…

Good luck!
-Chris

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Thanks, but I figured it out. :sunglasses:

These things are so cheap I think I’m just going to buy a second to play with, and once I feel comfortable setup up both so we have some fail over.