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"Piggy Backing" Routers

(NB. IP Addresses partially obfuscated.)

Primary Router - WAN port connects to Cable Modem

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Router's LAN IP address is 192.168.a.4

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DHCP Server hands out addresses in the range 192.168.a.31 to 192.168.a.251

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Some addresses are bound to MAC addresses:
00:uu:vv:xx:yy:zz Other Computer
64:uu:vv:xx:yy:zz Wireless Printer
B8:27:EB:xx:yy:zz A Raspberry Pi

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NAS Server with manually assigned static address 192.168.a.253
(Outside of the DHCP Server's List)

Secondary Router - WAN port connects to LAN of Primary Router

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Router's LAN IP address is 192.168.b.2

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Router's WAN IP address is 192.168.a.139
"Statically" Assigned by Router A's DHCP Server

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DHCP Server hands out addresses in the range 192.168.b.31 to 192.168.b.251

Pinging a Pi via the wired connection to the main Router 'A':

trevor@BlueElf:~$ ping 192.168.a.99 -c 10
PING 192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.569 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.616 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.542 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.625 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0.545 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=7 ttl=64 time=0.588 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=8 ttl=64 time=0.633 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=9 ttl=64 time=0.572 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=10 ttl=64 time=0.616 ms

--- 192.168.a.99 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 8998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.542/0.645/1.144/0.169 ms

Associated Traceroute:

traceroute to 192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99)  0.842 ms  1.196 ms  1.145 ms

Pinging the same Pi via the wireless connection to the "Piggy-backed" Router 'B':

trevor@BlueElf:~$ ping 192.168.a.99 -c 10
PING 192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=1 ttl=63 time=2.71 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=2 ttl=63 time=1.82 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=3 ttl=63 time=1.89 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=4 ttl=63 time=1.90 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=5 ttl=63 time=1.90 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=6 ttl=63 time=2.09 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=7 ttl=63 time=1.86 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=8 ttl=63 time=1.91 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=9 ttl=63 time=1.89 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.a.99: icmp_req=10 ttl=63 time=1.92 ms

--- 192.168.a.99 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.829/1.993/2.713/0.254 ms

Associated Traceroute:

traceroute to 192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.b.2 (192.168.b.2)  1.611 ms  1.412 ms  2.152 ms
 2  192.168.a.99 (192.168.a.99)  9.977 ms * *



2024-02-11 21:50