Publics IP in LAN - Bridge - Hotspot

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Hi

I’m using MK 2.9.38 with hotspot on a bridge interface (Local+Public). Both Local and Public are Ethernet Interfaces. I have to do this because I need public IP addresses on some hosts on LAN (VPN clients whithout NAT-T support).

I have 2 problems:

  1. A delay exists the first time I try to establish any connection to hosts on the Internet from clients in LAN with private IP addresses (hotspot authenticated by MAC). For example, if I ping a host in Internet, the first 6 packets are lost the first time. How can I change this behavior or workaround?

  2. I’ve already bypassed default gateway MAC address in hotspot to allow conections to any host on the Internet. But the problem is that I see the whole Internet in hotspot hosts list :slight_smile: . Is there any way to bypass the hotspot for these packets?

Thanks in advance.

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As far as I know, HotSpot does not work correcltly on bridged local+public interface. It works correctly on bridged local interfaces.
You can acquire another public IP subnet to maintain local clients with additional public addresses.