Static Route with Just Add Power Video Matrix

RouterOS General
1

I am setting up a just add power video matrix. It uses a Cisco sg300 switch with connected transmitters and receivers. The main lan is 10.0.1.1, and the transmitter and receiver LANs are in the 172.16.0.1 and 172.16.128.1 range. The router does not hand out the 172.16 addresses. They are static addresses on the devices themselves. I have to create a static route so the 172.16 addresses can see and talk to the 10.0.1 addresses. The 172.16 addresses also have subnet 255.255.0.0, and the 10.0.1 addresses have subnet 255.255.255.0.

I know this is probably really easy, but Im not sure the way to do it.

2

Any help on how to set up a static route with a different ip range and subnet range? The ip range is static and not assigned by the router. There are about 15 devices with ip’s in the range of 172.16.

3

Add one of the 172.16.0.0/16 addresses to the router. That address space will then become local to the router and it will install a route for you. As long as the 10.0.1 subnet uses the router as it’s next hop, the Mikrotik will route.

Depending on the rest of your setup, you may need to allow those connections via the firewall.

4

I have done that, but I cannot ping anything in the 172.16. range.

5

What is the default gateway for the devices on 172.16? Chances are the router is routing just fine, but those devices do not know how to get back to 10.0.1

6

The default gateway is 10.0.1.2, which is the main switch.

7

The default gateway for the 172.16 subnet is 10.0.1.2? That is not a local address (within the same subnet) of the 172.16 addresses and therefore the cameras need a router to even be able to talk to that next hop. That is where your problem is. Either give them a specific route to 10.0.1.0/24 via the Mikrotik, or set their default gateway to the Mikrotik’s IP address in the same subnet.

8

Ok, how do you add a static route to 10.0.1.0/24?

It would need to be a route so that anything from 172.16.0.0 can see and talk to anything on 10.0.1.0.

Also, do I need to do anything with my firewall to make it work?

9

That totally depends on the firmware of the device itself. The easiest thing for you to do would be to have the default route set as your Mikrotik for the 172.16 addresses, and let the MikroTik handle that for you, especially if there is no menu option for static routes in the video matrix equipment. You could also use NAT on the MikroTik, but that should be a last resort, and in a small network you shouldn’t have to.