TP-link Archer C7 nat question

[tethryus]

Hello, I have recently bought a TP-link Archer C7 and I was wondering if after disabling nat, I will be able to have real ip`s on my private network which can be routed on the wan without depending on the nat rules.
E.g. external ip 10.10.10.1 internal 192.168.0.1
Needed: external ip 10.10.10.1 internal 10.10.10.2-100.
I want to setup real ips on the internal network so they don`t route through a single external ip.
As far as i`ve seen if I disable nat and hardware nat, the routing on the internal network is gone aswell (using original tp-link fw).

 

[bill001g]

Without digging thought the manual I am unsure if this device can be run as a router. I am not sure if they put third party software like dd-wrt or open-wrt out for this model yet.

In any case the way they work when you can get them into routed mode is you have some wan subnet say 10.100.100.x and the isp will then route your block say 10.123.123.0/24 to 10.100.100.x. You would then place the 10.123.123.x addresses on your lan and dhcp stuff.

Problem is many ISP do their own special thing when you are talking home users or small businesses. I know for example the cable company just allows you to hook multiple things to the modem. This makes it hard to run it though a router. You can but it takes a very non standard configuration.

It really is going to come down to how the ISP is giving you the ip address and what option you even have in the router firmware.

 

[tethryus]

Thanks, thought it might end up like this. Hopefully, dd-wrt or open-wrt will be releasing a firmware for this model.

 

[smitbret]

Thanks, thought it might end up like this. Hopefully, dd-wrt or open-wrt will be releasing a firmware for this model.

I think Open-WRT has a firmware but it shuts off the 5GHz band of the router. Limitation of the Atheros chip in it.

 

[Alabalcho]

Hello, ... I will be able to have real ip`s on my private network which can be routed on the wan without depending on the nat rules.
E.g. external ip 10.10.10.1 internal 192.168.0.1
Needed: external ip 10.10.10.1 internal 10.10.10.2-100....

Just a side note: IP Addresses in 10.xxx.yyy.zzz network are not "real". Even if your "ISP" gves you the whole block of addresses, you won't be reachable from outside your ISP.