Two devices, same IP address

Two devices, same IP address

Two devices, same IP address
Two devices, same IP address
3 weeks ago - last edited Friday
Model: ER605 (TL-R605)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.2.5 Build 20240522 Rel.75860

I am trying to use an ER605 as a gateway for two industrial Ethernet sensors that both have the same fixed factory IP address. The router receives traffic from the sensor port, but I cannot successfully communicate with the sensor through the external mapped IP.

Both sensors are identical devices and both use
IP: 192.168.60.3
Subnet: 255.255.255.0

The sensor IP cannot be changed, so I need to make both units reachable simultaneously from our company network by assigning each sensor its own external IP.

My goal is
Sensor A reachable as XXX.XX.2.41
Sensor B reachable as XXX.XX.2.42

Hardware layout
WAN port -> company network
WAN/LAN1 -> Sensor A
WAN/LAN2 -> Sensor B
LAN port -> local management

What I want ER605 to do
XXX.XX.2.41 -> Sensor A (192.168.60.3)
XXX.XX.2.42 -> Sensor B (192.168.60.3)
 

Current router interface configuration

WAN DHCP from company network

WAN/LAN1 Static IP 192.168.60.1 /24 - Connected directly to Sensor A

WAN/LAN2 Static IP 192.168.60.2 /24 - Connected directly to Sensor B

 

So each sensor is on its own dedicated subnet-facing interface

 

NAT / One-to-One NAT rules

XXX.XX.2.41 -> Sensor A (192.168.60.3 via WAN/LAN1)
XXX.XX.2.42 -> Sensor B (192.168.60.3 via WAN/LAN2)

 

WAN receives IP correctly from company network.

Both WAN/LAN1 and WAN/LAN2 show Link Up.

Router management page is reachable from company network.

Tried One-to-One NAT mappings.

Tried Virtual Server / Port Forwarding rules for ports.

Tried diagnostics from router side.

 

Sensors still do not respond externally.

 

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Re:Two devices, same IP address-Solution
Friday - last edited Friday

Hi @Krusing 

 

Thanks for reaching out to TP-Link Business Forums.

To make this work, each sensor must be on its own unique Layer 2 segment and corresponding IP subnet from the router's perspective. Since you cannot change the sensors' IP addresses, you'll need to use an another NAT device for one of the sensors so that they would stay in two different subnets but sharing the same IP.

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Re:Two devices, same IP address
3 weeks ago

  @Krusing 

 

If both sensors have the same local IP address, the gateway will always see an IP conflict.  I would place another (inexpensive) router between the gateway and one of the sensors which would mean double NAT but should work OK.

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Re:Two devices, same IP address-Solution
Friday - last edited Friday

Hi @Krusing 

 

Thanks for reaching out to TP-Link Business Forums.

To make this work, each sensor must be on its own unique Layer 2 segment and corresponding IP subnet from the router's perspective. Since you cannot change the sensors' IP addresses, you'll need to use an another NAT device for one of the sensors so that they would stay in two different subnets but sharing the same IP.

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