RUT300x Connecting two networks is this possible?

[Christoo]

Hello all,

Apologies if I make some mistakes with my terminology.
I am in the unenviable position of trying to connect two networks where I have not control over the routers or addresses of the equipment.

I have a RUTX300 Router
Port 1 Wan
Port 2 Lan 1 - Network DCHP

What I have on the factory floor is two networks.
The first I have connected to Port 2 of my router it’s network range is 10.0.12.x

I have another network in 192.168.5.x range
On this second network I have a device that is trying to communicate with the address 192.168.5.100

The device it needs to read from is in Network 1 and has an IP address of 10.0.12.13

Is it possible to use a port on the router to act as 192.168.5.100 then forward all received information to 10.0.12.13

Before you ask, I don’t have control of the IP addresses assigned in either network.

Your assistance is appreciated!

[timelapsesystems]

Hi Christoo,
I’m not really sure if I understand what you want to achieve.
Let me say what I think you wanf to do:

• one network 192.168.5.x/255.255.255.0 with a device on 192.168.5.100 (=the client)
• a second network 10.0.12.x/255.255.255.0 with a device on 10.0.12.13 (=the server)
• 192.168.5.100 wants to read data from 10.0.12.13

Am I correct so far? Then

• set the LAN side of your router to 192.168.5.1 (assuming that is available)
• connect 192.168.5.100 to LAN
• set the subnet mask of 192.168.5.100 to 255.255.255.0 and the
  gatway to 192.168.5.1
• set the WAN side of your router to 10.0.12.1 (also assuming that is available)
• connect 10.0.12.13 to WAN

You might want to disable DHCP on the LAN port.

Methinks that should do it. Maybe you want to set up a few rules in the firewall
to limit access from LAN to WAN.

Regards,
Timelapse Admin