For one of my projects at home, I need to disable DHCP server from my router. I am using an Altice Router from Optimum and I do not find an option to disable DHCP. The router does not have much options at all! In order to setup my Home Lab properly, I add in another router to isolate my Home Lab.
Usually, to access my home Lab (192.168.2.0/24) from my Home Network (192.168.1.0/24), I will need to setup a static Route from my “Home Router” to “Router”. I was not surprised when I searched through the features on my Home Router and did not find a section to setup a Static Route.
Luckily, the only computer that needs access to my home lab is my personal computer. I ran the following command from my personal computer to add a route in the routing table on my computer. To make the route persistent, add the -P parameter. Otherwise it will get deleted the next time you reboot your computer. Route Add are not persistent by default.
Route Add 192.168.2.0 Mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.128 -P
I was then able to ping any IP address in the 192.168.2.0/24 network from my home network and as soon as that was done, I was able to RDP to my home lab again!
*I did find the Static Route option in my second Route (an ASUS RT-N12)
If my ASUS router is compatible with Optimum, I could have done this on the router instead:
KennyL System Admin 
One reply on “Adding Static Route to connect networks in different subnets”
[…] *In my lab, I needed to disable DHCP server in my router first before setting this up. Using the DHCP server from my router may work with method 2 and 3 mentioned above, but I prefer to work with a DHCP server that is not part of my home router. To learn more about how I struggle to disable the DHCP server in my router, you can check my previous post here. […]
LikeLike