We’re still talking about NAT loopback, right? The internet has made us so gullible … Coincidentally, the posts never specify why the claims might be true, lack credible sources, and are rarely found outside of back alley forums. Your router will not stab you in your sleep if you allow NAT loopback … although it may emit higher levels of radiation, lace your lipstick and food with carcinogens (compliments of the government, of course), and kill Brad Pitt. Like the vast majority of scare tactic-based content on the internet, it’s false. Don’t be fooled by the plethora of forum posts crying that NAT loopback is disabled on routers purposefully, that it opens up dangerous security holes, or that it will destroy your network and ultimately your livelihood as you know it. NAT loopback is needed to accomplish this, and it is simple and safe. If you’re like me, you simply want internal and external access to operate in the same way.

There are any number of valid reasons why you’d want to allow NAT loopback on your network. Internally, if NAT loopback is disabled or blocked, you would not be able to access this the same way.

From an outside network, you could simply visit your external IP address from a browser to access the web server. For instance, say your router forwards port 80 to a web server on your LAN. And when I set the computer back to auto IP, I can't even access 192.168.2.9 anymore.NAT loopback is what your router performs when you try to access your external IP address from within your LAN. When I do that, I can access the DD-WRT GUI when the static IP is 192.168.2.9 but there is no internet connection. I'm assuming not as I've tried the above and not having luck. in the directions, where it says 'go to setup, basic setup and enter a local IP address of 192.168.1.6, should that be changed to 192.168.2.6? should the static IP I set up be 192.168.2.9 instead of 1.9? The directions I'm working off are here:Ĭould someone please tell me what I have to change in those directions considering my default gateway is 192.168.2.1 and not 1.1? Specifically, I'm trying to use a Linksys e1000 with DD-WRT installed as a client bridge. That said, I have a Belkin F7D8301 as my primary router and the default gateway is 192.168.2.1. I'll preface this by saying I'm a novice in all this and don't really understand subnets, etc.

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