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connecting a second subnet to the fios router

I connected a second subnet (10.0.0.0) to my fios router subnet (192.168.1.0) via an ethernet port. Everything seems to be working fine. Here is what i had to do to get everthing working

On the fios router

1. added a static route to the opposite router/subnet

2. added Input 'advanced filters' to allow traffic for each subnet to the other

2, added an output advaned filter; to allow traffic from 192. subnet to the 10. subnet

i was suprised i had to add the advanced filters to allow traffic to the second subnet.

did i do this all correct? or is there any easier way

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viafax999

@bmwsandman wrote:
I connected a second subnet (10.0.0.0) to my fios router subnet (192.168.1.0) via an ethernet port. Everything seems to be working fine. Here is what i had to do to get everthing working
On the fios router
1. added a static route to the opposite router/subnet
2. added Input 'advanced filters' to allow traffic for each subnet to the other
2, added an output advaned filter; to allow traffic from 192. subnet to the 10. subnet
i was suprised i had to add the advanced filters to allow traffic to the second subnet.
did i do this all correct? or is there any easier way

Do you mean you connected a second router to your Fios router?

If so you shouldn't have to do anything, just connect a lan port from th fios router to the wan port of the second router and it will work with no filtering or routing additions.

mnsandler

@viafax999 wrote:
Do you mean you connected a second router to your Fios router?
If so you shouldn't have to do anything, just connect a lan port from th fios router to the wan port of the second router and it will work with no filtering or routing additions.

Yes, I connected a linksys wrt54g (in router mode, not gateway mode) wan port to a lan port on the fios router.

i wanted most of my pcs to connect to the fios router, but i have two servers that i still need to connect to my DSL router (subnet 2)

thus i needed the two subnets to be able to talk back and forth to each other.

note: i was not trying to just put another router between my existing lan and the fios lan

viafax999

@bmwsandman wrote:
@viafax999 wrote:
Do you mean you connected a second router to your Fios router?
If so you shouldn't have to do anything, just connect a lan port from th fios router to the wan port of the second router and it will work with no filtering or routing additions.
Yes, I connected a linksys wrt54g (in router mode, not gateway mode) wan port to a lan port on the fios router.
i wanted most of my pcs to connect to the fios router, but i have two servers that i still need to connect to my DSL router (subnet 2)
thus i needed the two subnets to be able to talk back and forth to each other.
note: i was not trying to just put another router between my existing lan and the fios lan

I have that setup exactly, except that I configured the Linksys as gateway mode as I had no need to talk from subnet 1 to subnet 2 and then there is no need to make any changes. I I wanted to talk from machines on subnet 1 to machines on subnet 2 I'd just bridge them so eliminating subnet 2 and extending subnet 1 onto the Linksys.

I assume you have servers on subnet 2 that are Active Directory or the like that aren't great on changing subnets?

I should play around with Router mode to see more of what it does. When you set up the static route what did you define the settings as?

mnsandler

@viafax999 wrote:
@bmwsandman wrote:
@viafax999 wrote:
Do you mean you connected a second router to your Fios router?
If so you shouldn't have to do anything, just connect a lan port from th fios router to the wan port of the second router and it will work with no filtering or routing additions.
Yes, I connected a linksys wrt54g (in router mode, not gateway mode) wan port to a lan port on the fios router.
i wanted most of my pcs to connect to the fios router, but i have two servers that i still need to connect to my DSL router (subnet 2)
thus i needed the two subnets to be able to talk back and forth to each other.
note: i was not trying to just put another router between my existing lan and the fios lan
I have that setup exactly, except that I configured the Linksys as gateway mode as I had no need to talk from subnet 1 to subnet 2 and then there is no need to make any changes. I I wanted to talk from machines on subnet 1 to machines on subnet 2 I'd just bridge them so eliminating subnet 2 and extending subnet 1 onto the Linksys.
I assume you have servers on subnet 2 that are Active Directory or the like that aren't great on changing subnets?
I should play around with Router mode to see more of what it does. When you set up the static route what did you define the settings as?

yes i have an AD running on subnet 2. as far as i can tell router mode allows bi-directional traffic between the wan and lan. i did disable the firewall as well just to make sure. also no port forwarding is required on the linksys, but i haven't gotten that all working; that's another story/thread.

the static route on the fios router looks like the following. 10.0.0.0 is subnet 2, and 192.168.1.254 is the wan ip of the linksys router. here is a snap from the config page; if it comes through on this forum

10.0.0.0, 192.168.1.254, 255.255.255.0, 1

how would you use the linksys to bridge the two subnets? to make one continue subnet

also, do you know why I had to add the advanced filters to the fios router. I guess the FW is logically locally between all three ports: the wan, lan and wlan. i was expecting traffic to flow from the lan to wlan without issue.

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