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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      I don't see the RasPi on your diagram but I assume it's behind your 3100.

      Your outbound NAT rules show that you have a subnet conflict. You have set the 3100 LAN to 172.16.0.0/12 (1048574 hosts) and that conflict with the WAN subnet being passed via DHCP.

      You should almost certainly have your LAN subnet set to /24. 172.16.0.0/12 as the entire available private IP range from 172.16 and you only need a small part of that.
      It still have to be a different subnet to the eero LAN so for example setting the 3100 LAN to 172.16.100.1/24 will work.

      Steve

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Mmm, just noticed your diagram shows an IP that doesn't conflict but no subnet so it just correcting that to /24 may be enough. So the LAN should be 172.17.1.1/24

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          phreed @stephenw10
          last edited by phreed

          Here is a more complete picture.

          69a0bfce-6f63-4e94-b2fc-4051bdbc18e2-image.png

          Yes, misc is able to reach the internet without issue.

          From 172.17.1.111

          ip route
          default via 172.17.1.1 dev enx9cbf0d001279 proto dhcp src 172.17.1.111 metric 20100 
          blackhole 10.1.100.0/26 proto 80 
          10.1.100.17 dev calieb72027faf7 scope link 
          10.1.100.18 dev cali3867c773915 scope link 
          169.254.0.0/16 dev enx9cbf0d001279 scope link metric 1000 
          172.16.0.0/12 dev enx9cbf0d001279 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.1.111 metric 100
          

          b56d503c-c53c-4779-b60f-1d6915ac9d30-image.png

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @phreed
            last edited by

            @phreed said in Adding Netgate 3100 to existing network:

            172.16.0.0/12 dev enx9cbf0d001279 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.1.111 metric 100

            Fix that. The subnet should be /24 to avoid a conflict.

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              phreed @stephenw10
              last edited by phreed

              @stephenw10 said in Adding Netgate 3100 to existing network:

              @phreed said in Adding Netgate 3100 to existing network:

              172.16.0.0/12 dev enx9cbf0d001279 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.1.111 metric 100

              Fix that. The subnet should be /24 to avoid a conflict.

              I deleted the route and pinged; then restored it as 172.16.0.0/24 dev enx9cbf0d001279 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.1.111 metric 100 and pinged again.
              That did not seem to help

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                That subnet is defined in the 3100 in the LAN config. You need to set it there.

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                  phreed @stephenw10
                  last edited by phreed

                  @stephenw10
                  Do you mean in Interfaces / LAN (mvneta1)?
                  f0bc340d-6247-4b82-ace4-b1fbea13838d-image.png

                  If I make that change when I save I get...

                  The following input errors were detected:
                  IPv4 address 172.17.1.1/24 is being used by or overlaps with: WAN (172.16.0.22/12)
                  
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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Ah, Ok, then both segments are incorrect you definitly don't need a /12 subnet anywhere.

                    Ok, use a different private subnet on the 3100 LAN like: 192.168.100.1/24

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                      phreed @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10
                      That seems to correct the problem.

                      There can be no overlap between the subnet and its parent?
                      I guess that makes sense.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yes you cannot have the same subnet on more than one interface it breaks routing.

                        But you shouldn't have a /12 subnet on any interface. That's >1M hosts! If you're using the 172.16.0.0/12 private range you should choose a smaller subnet from inside that.

                        So I recommend you change the subnet the eero is using on it's LAN at some point.

                        Steve

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                          phreed @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10
                          That makes sense.
                          Thanks

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