Hi, just found this forum.
Currently running an Asus RT-AC86U running firmware Version:384.13, I've been on various dd wrt or Tomato setups for years and never had to ask a question, so please bear with me, I'm clearly desperate to ask this in public.
Our current setup (and for the past 18 months or so) is bridge mode with our ISP and using a fixed IP on the router on the WAN port to connect to their network. All has been fantastic during that time. However, future setup with the same ISP is to use one of their routers (as we're switching from business connection to residential) and it's thrown me into a spin.
I have zero access to the router they are going to install, and due to the fragile ecosystem of alarms, IP cameras, access points and ridiculous fixed IPs that go hand in hand with an ex IT person such as myself, they have very kindly agreed to disable their DHCP service on their router and will change the router LAN IP to something I have spare on my 192.168.0.* network. This allows me to keep things ticking over nicely on the LAN side, and will, most importantly, allow my OpenVPN connections to continue working.
My plan is to leave everything as it is on the LAN, keep my dhcp and fixed IP clients pointing to my RT-AC86U. The problem I have is figuring out how to set a "default gateway" for the RT-AC86U to point it at the ISP router. I was going to attempt to remember how static routes work, but that won't wash as it's on the same network? Is there an obvious setting I should be looking at? Assuming I just disconnect everything from the WAN port and ignore WAN settings too?
Thank you in advance, hope that all makes sense.
Currently running an Asus RT-AC86U running firmware Version:384.13, I've been on various dd wrt or Tomato setups for years and never had to ask a question, so please bear with me, I'm clearly desperate to ask this in public.
Our current setup (and for the past 18 months or so) is bridge mode with our ISP and using a fixed IP on the router on the WAN port to connect to their network. All has been fantastic during that time. However, future setup with the same ISP is to use one of their routers (as we're switching from business connection to residential) and it's thrown me into a spin.
I have zero access to the router they are going to install, and due to the fragile ecosystem of alarms, IP cameras, access points and ridiculous fixed IPs that go hand in hand with an ex IT person such as myself, they have very kindly agreed to disable their DHCP service on their router and will change the router LAN IP to something I have spare on my 192.168.0.* network. This allows me to keep things ticking over nicely on the LAN side, and will, most importantly, allow my OpenVPN connections to continue working.
My plan is to leave everything as it is on the LAN, keep my dhcp and fixed IP clients pointing to my RT-AC86U. The problem I have is figuring out how to set a "default gateway" for the RT-AC86U to point it at the ISP router. I was going to attempt to remember how static routes work, but that won't wash as it's on the same network? Is there an obvious setting I should be looking at? Assuming I just disconnect everything from the WAN port and ignore WAN settings too?
Thank you in advance, hope that all makes sense.