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OneMesh and disabled NAT
OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-22 19:23:08 - last edited 2020-12-26 18:06:12
Model: Archer AX10  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: Latest

Hello.

 

Could someone confirm if OneMesh is functioning with NAT disabled (unchecked option "Enable NAT" in Network>Internet section)?

 

Thanks!

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT-Solution
2020-12-23 22:53:04 - last edited 2020-12-26 18:06:18
That's a good question and IMHO it should, since NAT shouldn't have anything to do with OneMesh feature, but either someone should test that in a real environment or TP-Link official confirms that.
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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT-Solution
2020-12-24 05:53:46 - last edited 2020-12-26 18:06:12

@DMiloje 

 

Hi, agree with Ivaylo that disabling the NAT on the AX10 should not affect the Onemesh function, while I'm curious why do you want to disable the NAT on the AX10?

 

BTW, AX10 doesn't support Onemesh yet, you may wait for the new firmware.

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT-Solution
2020-12-23 22:53:04 - last edited 2020-12-26 18:06:18
That's a good question and IMHO it should, since NAT shouldn't have anything to do with OneMesh feature, but either someone should test that in a real environment or TP-Link official confirms that.
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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT-Solution
2020-12-24 05:53:46 - last edited 2020-12-26 18:06:12

@DMiloje 

 

Hi, agree with Ivaylo that disabling the NAT on the AX10 should not affect the Onemesh function, while I'm curious why do you want to disable the NAT on the AX10?

 

BTW, AX10 doesn't support Onemesh yet, you may wait for the new firmware.

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 08:56:09

@Kevin_Z @Ivaylo 

Thanks for the replies.

 

I am aware that OneMesh is still being worked on for AX10 (and eagerly awaiting it for some time already).

Anyway, in my scenario I have a central router/firewall on which I would like to manage the access of home network clients (computers, phones, guest devices, home appliances, etc.). I can't to that for the portion of the network behind AX10, if NAT remains active (AX10 will be representing all the clients behind it, therefore disallowing the management of those clients).

 

Knowing that OneMesh in no way depends on NAT helps. Now I can start investigating how such scenario would work at all (how to make sure the routing works properly, which static routes should be set up and where, etc.).

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 14:34:41

@DMiloje 

 

You can try using AX10 as an AP in this scenario with OneMesh. NAT won't be an issue in this case.

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 15:27:44

@Ivaylo 

 

That would be a perfect solution if OneMesh worked in access point mode. With OneMesh limited only to the router mode, I can only try to achieve what I need by turning off the NAT completely.

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 17:23:37 - last edited 2020-12-26 17:32:14

Exactly. That's why I suggested this scenario - in that case the device is in router mode and OneMesh should be usable.

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 17:51:49

@Ivaylo 

 

Would you happen to know of some article on how to configure clients/router in scenario where NAT is switched off (or at least an explanation how network devices are "behaving" in that case)?

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Re:OneMesh and disabled NAT
2020-12-26 17:57:13 - last edited 2020-12-27 05:41:16

@DMiloje 

 

The official TP-Link description I could find is this one.

 

Here's another example using it in a real environment - http://people.sugarlabs.org/ajay/root/setup-tplink.pdf

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