Broadband router mode / EWAN problem
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:54 pm
I have a 8800NL connected to my Zen FTTC line. Connected to one LAN port is 100Mbps switch with has several devices attached. All works as expected.
I also have a 7800N and I would like to make use of the 4 giga port for some devices. After reading the docs I decided I needed "Broadband router mode" and followed the setup found here http://www.billion.uk.com/esupport/inde ... l-disabled .
So, the 7800N is connected by an ethernet cable from it's EWAN port to lan port 1 of the 8800NL. The 8800NL is set up as addres 192.168.1.1 while the 7800N is configured on the LAN side as 192.168.1.254 and to get an IP address on the EWAN side from the 8800NL DHCP (which it does, say 192.168.1.100). So everything is on 1 subnet.
It seems to work as devices connected to the lan ports of the both the 7800N and the 8800NL can access the internet however the problem is devices on the lan side of the 7800N cannot talk (eg ping etc) devices on the lan side of the 8800NL and vice versa. Also devices attached to the 8800NL cannot display http://192.168.1.1/ and those on the 7800N can't display http://192.168.1.254
Is this a limitation of using this type of configuration or have I done something wrong? If the former, how should I have set it up?
TIA paul
I also have a 7800N and I would like to make use of the 4 giga port for some devices. After reading the docs I decided I needed "Broadband router mode" and followed the setup found here http://www.billion.uk.com/esupport/inde ... l-disabled .
So, the 7800N is connected by an ethernet cable from it's EWAN port to lan port 1 of the 8800NL. The 8800NL is set up as addres 192.168.1.1 while the 7800N is configured on the LAN side as 192.168.1.254 and to get an IP address on the EWAN side from the 8800NL DHCP (which it does, say 192.168.1.100). So everything is on 1 subnet.
It seems to work as devices connected to the lan ports of the both the 7800N and the 8800NL can access the internet however the problem is devices on the lan side of the 7800N cannot talk (eg ping etc) devices on the lan side of the 8800NL and vice versa. Also devices attached to the 8800NL cannot display http://192.168.1.1/ and those on the 7800N can't display http://192.168.1.254
Is this a limitation of using this type of configuration or have I done something wrong? If the former, how should I have set it up?
TIA paul