Using double NAT here because my ISP won't even support/allow putting their box in bridge mode and I don't even have root access to it, just some limited functionality via their web GUI.
I haven't had any issues with it.
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
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Can you set the ISP box to designate your router as DMZ (de-militarized zone)? Your router needs to get a static IP from the private subnet defined by their router, then you mark that IP as DMZ in their router's settings.
It's not technically the same as bridge mode, the ISP box continues to act as a router but also exposes your router fully to the internet so you can mostly ignore theirs afterward.
Yes, that's essentially what I did.
great, thanks for your input
You're welcome, cunt
Well that was uncal- ...oh
I was like wtf. That was rude for no reason until I saw the are name.
I’m American so that’s a word you don’t use. It’s one of the few unspeakable words
What am I missing?
Check their username
That threw me for a loop!
Exact same situation, but I have had issues with the shitty ISP box resetting itself on an outage and simply not forwarding traffic from the open ports to my router with a static IP. It would just say "no" and I had to change the static IP on the ISP box and reboot everything and then it would work fine. It has been fine for 3-4 months without needing anything, but sometimes it is annoying.
I'm not sure if its applicable for you or if you are aware but duckdns really helps with this problem. I've moved three times since and have never worried about ip addresses.
I think you are referring to Public IP? The person above was talking about the static Local IP.
You’ll be fine. In the past stuff like ftp and sip could get confused by double nat, but not so much today. And stuff like opening a port from outside to the inside needs some planning through double nat.
We run it in the office for years now and it is totally fine. We are in a building with multiple companies sharing internet and we wanted our own network within, so we are using double nat (internet modem and our switch).
great! thanks man
If it’s double NAT where you have control over both boxes, it’s not that big a deal. First of all, it only matters at all if you’re trying to forward ports for remote access to your services, in which case you just need to add two port forwarding rules for each service, instead of one, one in each firewall. Alternatively if the ISP router allows it, see if it has a 1:1 NAT feature, this way it forwards ALL the ports to your private router, where you can then be selective about which ports to allow.
Alternatively, if you’re not trying to host services on your LAN for public access and consumption (Which would be a bad idea at this point in time anyway given your level of knowledge) don’t worry about the NAT or port forwarding at all and just use a mesh VPN like Tailscale (Optionally with the self hosted control application Headscale) and use that to access your services which outside home securely.
Some routers will call the 1:1 NAT feature, "DMZ" (Short for Demilitarised Zone). The idea is that you just act as a pass-through, in this case, "passing through" the external internal to the internal router.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| AP | WiFi Access Point |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.
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I double NAT. My ISP box gives off WiFi for consoles, guests, some IOT. UPNP is enabled and I generally don't care what goes on there.
My FW is an OPNSense box and everything I do is behind that. I've opened ports, run Tailscale, etc and have had no problems at all. All it is is an extra device to open a NAT rule in if I want to open something up.
No issues with double NAT. I even had a setup with an internal and external net, and the provision that any network link originating from (not passing through) the outer NAT router would raise an alert on the inner NAT router - which would simply switch the outer NAT router off.
Double NAT with DMZ.
Those SIP ALGs are more trouble than they are worth. If you are using SIP devices, use a different outbound port on each device (eg: 5060, 5061, 5062).
If you're using double NAT, you're doing something wrong. If you want to do it right, stop using double nat. If that doesn't matter to you, and you're comfortable supporting a broken-by-design network, do it.
I'm going to briefly explain why I downvoted... this (I feel) is an unhelpful comment that doesn't explain anything. You say, "[if] you're comfortable support a broken-by-design network, do it.", but you don't explain why it's a broken-by-design network.
I'll say - I agree with you, but the comment doesn't actually enhance the conversation and comes off as abrasive and unhelpful. If I'm looking for information, I'd rather be given education (Even if it's just a, "Go here for why you don't do that!"), not just a, "Don't do it" with no assistance and help for how to do it right.
If you don't understand why it'ss broken, I guess that's on you. If you're to tbe point op is in terms of their needs, network topology etc and you still don't understand the fundamentals, what do you expect me to say to resolve that? If you're OK with supporting your broken, incorrectly configured network, then by all means. If you are not, then expect the answer from those you're asking for help from to be "fix your shit". Do not expect anyone to educate you. It's like arguing with creationists - you picked this dumbass thing to get behind, I'm not on the hook to explain basic logic to you.
Yes.