On 17.10.2025 10:00 Joe Joe wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:56:02 +0200 > Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 16.10.2025 21:20 Sr. Roy J. Tellason wrote: > > > > > Particulars: The "modem" is 192.168.1.1, the WAN side of the > > > router is 192.168.1.2, the server on the other side of the router > > > is 192.168.0.1, and the workstations get DHCP addresses assigned > > > when they connect, as do any devices (a couple of phones and a > > > tablet) that connect to the wifi. Is there any simple way to get > > > that external wifi to point to my internal server when a > > > 192.168.x.x address is used? > > > > You have dual NAT and that is the issue. You want only a wireless AP > > and not a NAT router. > > Some can be configured to disable routing/NAT. > > > > Dual NAT works fine. I've run a PPTP VPN client inside dual NAT with > the server inside another. It messes up IPSec VPNs, but they are > intended to work router to router on public IPs anyway. My home > network has been behind two NATs since the days of sarge.
It add complexity, especially for IPv6. As you can see, certain people have problems with that - because those constructs are rather too complicated for people without network knowledge.
