Missing a route or DG

[abudabi]

I recently replaced my wifi APs with Cudys (and changed wiring) but now I'm missing something obvious somewhere.

Problem:
From the 88 subnet I can only go as far as 10.1 (first Cudy router). Anything beyond that times out. I can however get from anything on the 10 subnet (connected to either of the cudy APs) through to the Pi or RB. Cudys are setup in a mesh configuration. Below is a rough diagram of how things are connected.

 

[abudabi]

Guessing I could just plug the Pi into the 1st cudy and problem solved?

But still curious as to what I missed.

 

[Mal1ce]

Why double NAT? Why not use the Cudy devices in AP mode (don't plug any cables into the "WAN" ports) and use a single 192.168.88.x/24 subnet?

 

[PsyWulf]

You're multinatting and no routes/masquerading to route across the other subnet
Ideally you'd add the .88 and the .10 as VLANs on the Mikrotik and add your routes there

 

[SauRoNZA]

Yup Double NAT and bad configuration.

Simply run everything on 192.168.88.0/24 and plug the Cudy's into the LAN ports on the Mikrotik and let it manage your Routing and DHCP.

Or if you really don't want to use the Mikrotik for your Local Network let it forward your WAN IP from your ISP down to the port you are connecting to the Cudy and then let the manage it directly...but then why have the Mikrotik at all and rather just plug the Cudy straight into your ONT.

Why is the Pi all on it's lonesome?

 

[abudabi]

Why double NAT? Why not use the Cudy devices in AP mode (don't plug any cables into the "WAN" ports) and use a single 192.168.88.x/24 subnet?

I couldn't get them to mesh seemlessly when I tried that; so googled a vid and saw they did it this way.

 

[abudabi]

Yup Double NAT and bad configuration.

Simply run everything on 192.168.88.0/24 and plug the Cudy's into the LAN ports on the Mikrotik and let it manage your Routing and DHCP.

Or if you really don't want to use the Mikrotik for your Local Network let it forward your WAN IP from your ISP down to the port you are connecting to the Cudy and then let the manage it directly...but then why have the Mikrotik at all and rather just plug the Cudy straight into your ONT.

Why is the Pi all on it's lonesome?

Yeah I used to run everything wired off the 'tik with everything on 88. Including the Pi (my HA server) and my PS5. When getting the cudys the mesh didn't want to work properly until i connected it like this. I would prefer to have everything done by the 'tik.

I think i need to restore my tik to defaults as well, multiple years of fiddling have some strange configs there so it's probably a good time to start over.


Thanks for the suggestions chaps

 

[Sinbad]

Why do you have the same WAN IP on both Cudys?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Yeah I used to run everything wired off the 'tik with everything on 88. Including the Pi (my HA server) and my PS5. When getting the cudys the mesh didn't want to work properly until i connected it like this. I would prefer to have everything done by the 'tik.

I think i need to restore my tik to defaults as well, multiple years of fiddling have some strange configs there so it's probably a good time to start over.


Thanks for the suggestions chaps

Then fix the Cudy's don't hack the thing like this and break your entire network in the process.

Or if you have to make the Cudy's Mesh and then put the Mikrotik in the same IP range. I know the Huawei's I used before did not like any other IP range than the default one.

 

[abudabi]

Reconfigured them as APs and now let the mikrotik do everything. All is now running on the 88 range.

Only downside is now because the Cudy's are in AP mode I lose some extra functionality, like the guest Wifi

 

[HartsockZA]

Cudy is a kak brand,

 

[abudabi]

Cudy is a kak brand,

Another classic sub 10 word 1-liner post.

Thanks for your valued input; greatly appreciated.

 

[HartsockZA]

Another classic sub 10 word 1-liner post.

Thanks for your valued input; greatly appreciated.

Most welcome, I mean it's Friday so the brand isn't worth more than just that. WR3000 are so bad they even recommend flashing and sticking Open WRT on them. Simple routing you did would have worked with other brands. Their **** is Chinese junk dump on our market. Had a few of them already they just randomly stop working.

 

[abudabi]

It's been a bit more than a month and my Cudy AX Mesh is still going strong. Great performance and stability at an even better price. Also only needed 2 APs whereas before I needed 3 AC units.