Router - TG582N - Mixed NAT

This is how to configure a technicolor gateway with two subnets on its local network such that one gets translated and the other does not. This configuration is not recommended, far better to use a real router made out of FireBrick, BSD or Linux that gives proper control of things on an address level rather than on an interface.

Firstly, you need to put a public address on the ethernet interface. Supposing you have been assigned 192.0.2.0/24 as your public network,

   {Administrator}=>:ip ipadd intf=LocalNetwork addr=192.0.2.1/24 
   {Administrator}=>:ip iplist
   Flags legend: [P]referred  primar[Y]     [R]oute    [H]ost route  d[E]precated  [I]nvalid
                 [T]entative  d[U]plicated  [A]nycast  auto[C]onf    [D]ynamic     [O]perational
               Prefix Interface        Type           Flags              Remote IP
               ------ ---------        ----           -----              ---------
         192.0.2.1/24 LocalNetwork     Ethernet       ..RH.......O                
       192.168.1.1/24 LocalNetwork     Ethernet       ..RH.......O                
          81.x.x.x/32 Internet         Serial         ..RH......DO       81.y.y.y
         127.0.0.1/32 loop             Internal       ...H......DO                

Now this is enough to have hosts in the public network reachable internally. But there is a problem. The router thinks that it ought to NAT things on its "Internet" interface. There is no way to undo this as such, and preserve the ability to NAT the non-routeable addresses. The workaround is to add some strange NAT rules that actually do nothing:

   {Administrator}=>:nat mapadd intf=Internet type=nat outside_addr=192.0.2.2 inside_addr=192.0.2.2

Now the host at 192.0.2.2 won't have its address translated. Or rather it will, but it will get translated to the same thing. A rule like this needs to be added for each of the public addresses that have been assigned. Thankfully these days only small blocks are obtainable.

There is still a problem, however, if you want to allow unfettered access inbound to that address -- it will get caught by the stateful firewall. Again there appears to be no way to selectively disable the keeping of state, so it must be turned off globally:

   {Administrator}=>:firewall state=disable

This actually turns off *all* packet filtering so caveat emptor. Enough state is nevertheless kept that NAT for the hosts on non-routeable addresses to still be able to reach the Internet. So both classes of host now work, those completely exposed on a public address, and those on private addresses that work as before, though without a firewall in front of them.

Very important to make sure that any hosts on the network are all properly patched, run their own local packet filters, and so forth because in this configuration the router cannot be relied upon to be of any help for security.

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