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How to redirect Broadcast when the BAT is used as router

1         Scenario

Routing on a BAT is configured between 2 interfaces as follow :

Configuration on the BAT (from the default config) :

set Setup/TCP-IP/Network-list/INTRANET 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 * BRG-1

set Setup/TCP-IP/Network-list/NET2 10.252.0.1 255.255.255.0 * BRG-2 * Intranet

set Setup/LAN-Bridge/Port-Data/LAN-1 * BRG-2

What we want to do :

Redirect specific IP broadcast (depending on the UDP port) from IP NET 1 to IP NET 2 and vice versa :

 

2         The IP redirect function

There is in the BAT a Firewall L2.

It makes possible a redirection of IP datas.

Nevertheless it works as a Firewall at the interface level. Enabling 1 rule on the interface will automatically turn it on , all the traffic which isn’t defined in the rules will be dropped (at the interface level).

That’s why in our case we’ll define 2 preliminary rules, one to allow the IP traffic, another one to allows the ARPs (these 2 rules are enough to make IP communications working properly).

Then 2 additionnal rules : 1 to redirect the specific broadcast from IP NET 1 to IP NET 2 (based on the UDP port) and vice versa.

 


3         Broadcasts to redirect

Define the traffic which has to be redirected depending on the UDP port. (it can also be based on a TCP port but IP broadcast usually don’t use TCP as transport layer protocol)

In our case we’ll redirect traffic using UDP port 666


4         Configuration

4.1      Via LAN Config

Configuration   

èWireless LAN

  • Security
    • Protocols
      • Add

Add the 4 rules :

 

4.2      Via CLI

 

Set Setup/LAN-Bridge/Protocol-Table/IP * * 0800 * * * * * LAN-1,LAN-2 Pass

Set Setup/LAN-Bridge/Protocol-Table/ARP * * 0806 * * * * * LAN-1,LAN-2 Pass

Set Setup/LAN-Bridge/Protocol-Table/NET1_TO_NET2 * * 0800 * * 17 666 666 LAN-1 Redirect 192.168.1.255

Set Setup/LAN-Bridge/Protocol-Table/NET2_TO_NET1 * * 0800 * * 17 666 666 LAN-2 Redirect 10.252.0.255