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We are planning to move few of our environments from the office server room to a datacenter, need to expand, but there is no more available physical space, cooling capacity issues, etc.
Number of office networks are currently all interconnected via SonicWall firewall acting as an internal router .
The plan is to use a metro layer 2 link from the office to the DC creating extension of the local 192.x network
The problem is that the Internet connection and few internal networks will stay in the office while other networks, including our development (10.x) network will have to be migrated to the DC.
Here comes the question: the only router that routes traffic is going to stay in the office, means there is no way for the office users to reach the 10.x subnet.
We can install additional router in DC and create static route on office router to forward all traffic coming to the DC networks to the DC router, but I am not sure if this workaround is going to work.
Another option is to get rid of the 10.x network and flatten the at least two of these networks (192 and 10) but considering the amount of work associated with this way it may take a few months of planning and executing this plan, something we do not have resources for.
My goal it to try and keep network design as simple as it possible.

What can work in our case?

Thanks!
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Vasilax50

8/22/2022 - Mon
Akinsd

You will need to create a different subnet for the devices you're migrating and then create route as you have mentioned.
You can't split 1 network accross 2 routers. Extending 192.x as you've mentioned won't be possible.
Check your options with your ISP for the options you have (Ethernet handoff or Private transport or MPLS etc)
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Just to make sure I've explained myself clearly.
If a user on 192 network needs to reach a server on 10 network, what are the possible options?
If a default gateway of user's PC is router 1, and on this router there is a static route forwarding traffic intended to 10 Network to router 2, would this setup work?

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Yes, the setup will work as long as both routers know how to find each other.
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Decided to build a lab and test routing to make sure everything is going to work.

Used two routers, connected on 192 network (layer 2) to simulate MetroLink.

Both routers forward traffic to internal and external networks correctly, no need to flatten the networks.