Access wan router from lan client on TL-R480T+
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good day;
I have 3 WAN connections as follow:
WAN 1:
Static IP - 10.10.0.12
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 10.10.0.2 (Router 1)
WAN 2:
Static IP - 10.10.0.13
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 10.10.0.3 (Router 2)
WAN 3:
Static IP - 10.10.0.14
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 10.10.0.4 (Router 3)
- LAN
IP Address: 10.1.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Every WAN router have only one connection connected only to the TL-R480T+
I just want to access the wan routers from the lan side for configuration or .........
thanks in advance
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An interesting setup. I never tried anything like this. I wonder what the purpose is and how the routing table on TL-R480T+ looks like. You wouldn’t have that issue if you used different subnets on the WANs.
Anyways, setting up specific routes on TL-R480T+ to the gateways (routers) may help.
Destination IP: 10.10.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Next Hop: 10.10.0.12
Interface: WAN1
Destination IP: 10.10.0.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Next Hop: 10.10.0.13
Interface: WAN2
Destination IP: 10.10.0.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.255
Next Hop: 10.10.0.14
Interface: WAN3
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OK, I see that what I've suggested won't work because of the metrics which you can't adjust. However even without those routes, I would expect at least one router to be accessible. I suspect you don't tell us the whole story because I see some 10.10.0.201 host replying to your pings. Is that some virtual environment? I can't help you with it.
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unfortunately 10.10.0.201 not replying :(
it's Dell PowerEdge edge server with windows 2012 r2 server installed.
also I have 8 Ethernet cards installed 10.10.0.201 is one of them.
Check first post, I attached more screen shots that shows all wan and lan setup
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The last picture shows that you tried to ping 10.10.0.2 on TL-R480T+ through the LAN interface. That will never work since 10.10.0.2 is not on the LAN side. What should work is pinging 10.10.0.2 through WAN1, 10.10.0.3 through WAN2 and 10.10.0.4 through WAN3.
The Windows ping results show “Reply from 10.10.0.201: Destination host unreachable.” Thus the server is replying and it means that you either ran ping from the server, which is not on the LAN subnet (10.1.x.x), or you have it as a gateway somewhere in your setup.
The issue is that you have the same subnet on all three WAN sides so, I think, TL-R480T+ routes all traffic for this subnet through only one and the same WAN interface.
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I don't think it can work. 10.10.0.2 is "available" for all WAN 1/2/3 becuase it's on their same subnet. The router will choose the WAN port in random if all WAN can "access" it.
The only solution is to change the WAN 2/3 to differnet IP subnet. Like 10.10.1.0/24 and 10.10.2.0/24
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yes I have two other TL-R480T+ and every thing is working fine because WANs not at the same subnet...
Thanks for your reply I'll change the subnets and see what happens
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