Router - EchoLife HG612: Difference between revisions

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* Connect a cable between the LAN2 port on the HG612 and your LAN switch (or an unused LAN port on your router).

* You should now be able to access the HG612 from any device on your LAN by visiting http://192.168.1.2

**A more elegant solution is to enable access to the HG612 over the existing connection between LAN1 and the WAN port on your router. This is done as follows:

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A more elegant solution is to enable access to the HG612 over the existing connection between LAN1 and the WAN port on your router. This is done as follows:

* In your router, configure the WAN interface with a private (RFC1918) address in a different subnet to your main LAN. e.g. if your main LAN is 192.168.1.0/24 then configure the WAN interface with the address 192.168.2.1/24

* Change the HG612's IP address (under "Basic -> "LAN" in the web interface) to be any address in that second subnet - e.g. 192.168.2.2/24

* Under "Basic -> WAN" on the HG612, ensure both "Port binding:" checkboxes are unticked and press the Submit button to save the

change. This step enables LAN access via LAN1.

* At this point, your router knows where to send packets from devices on your main LAN to the HG612, but the HG612 doesn't know where to route responses (it can't be configured to have a default route via your router).