Requirement
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Overview
In the previous article we enabled and checked IPv4 connectivity between RARE/freeRouter and ISP box using sdn1 interface within 192.168.0.0/24 network. But as stated in the previous post, I'd like:
- all people connected within 192.168.128.0/17
- to access the external world.
First step, let's:
- create an interface Loopback0 within 192.168.128.0/17, let's say 192.168.254.1/32
- and try to ping 8.8.8.8
Article objective
In this article we will pursue the SOHO network appliance installation and enable IPv4 connectivity for all host connected within your internal network to the external world.
Diagrams
[ #003 ] - RARE/freeRouter DPDK SOHO installation
Let's configure IPv4 Network Address Translation specifically for Loopback0
! conf t access-list ACL-NAT4 sequence 10 deny all 192.168.128.0 255.255.128.0 all 192.168.128.0 255.255.128.0 all sequence 20 deny all any all 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 all permit all 192.168.254.1 255.255.255.255 all any all exit ! ipv4 nat inet sequence 10 srclist ACL-NAT4 interface sdn1 !
In the config stanza above we configure an access-list called ACL-NAT4 in VRF inet that would translate all incoming packet matching 192.168.254.1 going to anywhere to interface sdn1 IPv4. But we also don't NAT for inter-vlan traffic within 192.168.128.0/17 and also does not touch multicast traffic.
ping 8.8.8.8 /vrf inet /interface sdn1 pinging 8.8.8.8, src=192.168.0.90, vrf=inet, cnt=5, len=64, tim=1000, ttl=255, tos=0, sweep=false !!!!! result=100%, recv/sent/lost=5/5/0, rtt min/avg/max/total=3/3/4/16
Yahhoooo ! It works ... Our guess was good after all... 
IPv6 does need NAT in my specific case as my ISP has allocated me public IPv6 prefixes. We will see IPv6 configuration in the next articles.
Verification
Conclusion
In this article
- We finally have a router that enables connectivity for all hosts inside the home network to the outside world
- due to the ISP specific setup, our router had to translate inner home IP subnets to subnet that can be in turn NAT'ed by the ISP box.
- We have a consistent IPv4 addressing plan
- We now can add very exciting feature from now on. (In next articles !)
RARE validated design: [ SOHO #004 ] - key take-away
In this example we are proposing a basic connectivity scenario. However, keep in mind that depending on your location the configuration might be drastically different. But do not fear ! RARE/freeRouter has all the features need to enable connectivity !
- NAT64 is available. So in case you want to run a pure IPv6 network, freeRouter can NAT64 traffif for you.
- NAT46 is also available. In case you are desperate and don't want to implement a pure IPv6 home network and have an ISP running only IPv6, freeRouter can NAT46 your traffic for you !
- In the example described, we are lucky to have IPv6 public global IPv6 address. We will see IPv6 configuration in subsequent articles.