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I am wondering if there is a way I can connect to the third router in the network. The network is setup this way
PC
IP: 192.168.8.101
Router3 (home-office)
IP: 192.168.8.1
WAN IP: 192.168.3.2
Router2 (home)
IP: 192.168.3.1
WAN IP: 192.168.8.2
Router1 (isp)
IP: 192.168.8.1
WAN IP: DHCP from ISP
Router 1 is provided by ISP. This is the device they use to connect to their network. Then they provide another router and told us this is where we should connect our devices not to the first one.
Since we have 2 floors, I setup another router on the ground floor for my home-office. I want this home office to be separated from home network so I attached the cable to the WAN port and setup my home-office network.
The problem with this setup is when I need to port forward, I need to access Router1. Most of the time I am on my home-office.
My question is, how can I access web control panel of isp router (Router1) 192.168.8.1 from my PC that is connected to the home-office network?
The best I was able to do is access the second router 192.168.3.1.
Currently, I have to go up and physically attached a laptop on router1 to access its web admin panel to port forward. Wondering if I can do that from my Desktop downstairs.
Thanks
Just use a different subnet in your home office? – Daniel B – 2017-07-10T08:28:54.743
@DanielB Can you explain further? AFAIK using different subnet will isolate me instead of connecting me to the network. My problem is how to connect to router1. Thanks – Wayne – 2017-07-10T08:49:54.257
? All routers are doing NAT, otherwise this wouldn’t work at all. Because the home office router is the “innermost” router, nothing cares about what internal subnet it uses. You can use anything but 192.168.3.0/24. – Daniel B – 2017-07-10T08:52:01.150