I have a network with an address of 192.168.120.0/22. I also have 30 pieces of equipment that are located at 10.0.0.2-33. They pass traffic on my main network [back-haul]. I am using a RB750Gr2 as my router. I know that there is a way for me to ping my 10.0.0.x equipment without changing my laptop adapter, via a route on the 750. I just can’t figure out how.
Can someone describe how?
I have to make a lot of assumptions about how these things are connected port wise, because you don’t describe it… but you shouldn’t need any routing rule at all. Just define a 10.0.0.x address on whatever port of your 750 leads to that other network.
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This is a simple installation. Ether 1 is the WAN Ether 2-5 are a switch all sharing the 192.168.120.0/22. I’m using DHCP for all of my clients. My predecessor set up 30 point-to-point APs that work as 15 back-hauls. I don’t have passwords, but they carry all of my traffic without a problem.
My problem is that I don’t know if one of the back-hauls are down unless someone complains.
I would normally write a script that runs hourly which pings the far end of the back-haul. If the ping fails, an email is generated to advise that the far end is down.
Real simple, except I can not currently ping the 10.0.0.x as it is not reachable from the router.
I attempted to add Address 10.0.0.1 and attach to ether-2. Then I attempted to ping 10.0.0.2, that did not solve my problem.
Let me see if I can ask the question more clearly.
Through what interfaces are the 10. devices accessible? Are they on the far side of your WAN, or are they inside your LAN?
Sorry … The 10.0.0.x are on the LAN side.
From the description of your experiment on ether2, I’m going to assume that the 10. devices are inside your LAN.
If ether2 through 5 are bridged, as opposed to switched, then you need to put the 10. address on the bridge, not on the individual hardware interface. You need to use an unused address, and you need to use exactly the same netmask as your point to point units are expecting. I probably would not use .1, because I am suspicious that there was a reason that your other engineer reserved it. I would use .34 or something higher, it doesn’t really matter.
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I am using the default “out of the box” [Winbox] configuration with the exception of the address range, I changed to 192.168.120.1/22. The Ports 2-5 are switched [swithch1].
FYI: If I run my tools within Winbox - “IP Scan” all of the devices are found.
I can’t claim much familiarity with the default configuration, because I never use it.
If tools IP scan is finding your devices, then Ping ought to find them too, as long as you have a compatible address and address range assigned to your LAN interface.