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Sonic Firewall inside of Netopia 3347 ADSL modem/router

Here is my scenario:
ATT DSL Router/MODEM Netopia 3347ENT with public IP address xx.xx.xx.xx ----> LAN network
I need to add in a sonicwall tz170 and create a site to site VPN to a server.

Internet ----> netopia router (public IP#1) ----> LAN #1 ----> sonicwall (public IP#2 via nat from router) ----> server LAN #2

I have a second public IP that I have created a one-to-one NAT pointing to Sonicwall tz170, i have plugged this server in the sonicwall device and had to create a different subnet for within the sonicwall.

My question: How can i get the server to communicate with local area network, LAN #1 to talk to LAN #2?? If there is an easier way to do this, I am all ears.
Thanks for the help
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dpk_wal

If I understand correctly; you wish to have communication between LAN1 and LAN2 OR you wish to have a VPN from the internet to Sonicwall and then communicate between the remote network and LAN2.

If it is former why you want to have VPN;
if it is latter, then on Netopia you need NAT-T and IPSec passthrough, you might be better off putting the additional public IP as DMZ in this case.

Please provide more details.

Thank you.

jessewilker

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It is the former: I need a site to site vpv tunnel from the server on the sonicwall to another network accross the internet......so I need a remote network to have access to LAN #2.....however I need devices on LAN #1 to communicate with the same device on LAN #2.....I believe one option is to add a second network card on this device for LAN#1, is there another way?
If I added the Sonicwall as the DMZ on the Netopia, would I set the WAN IP on the sonicwall to the 2nd public IP or as an IP on LAN#1 with all traffic to Public IP#2 forwarded to the sonicwall?
Still asks the same question how can the LAN #2 of the DMZ sonicwall communicate with LAN#1 of the netopia?

thanks for the help, any information is appreciated.

dpk_wal

I would say let's not make too many changes to start with.

By default LAN2 would have access to machines/devices on LAN1 [for LAN2 it would appear as they are connecting to a machine/device on internet]; and by default all traffic originating from LAN1 ->LAN2 would be denied [traffic is coming from the internet to the internal network].
You would need to create services to allow the traffic from LAN1 to LAN2.

If possible configure Netopia in bridged mode; have sonicwall get the public IP; this way you would have good firewall protection and you need not have multiple levels of NAT implemented. Also, you can effectively use the public IP addresses.

Thank you.

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