The WiFi box is configured as an AP, not a router, so it doesn't have any 
routes.  It's just a glorified unmanaged switch with a radio in it.  Only the 
LAN ports are used.

On May 22, 2014, at 10:52 PM, Alexander Neilson <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Does your wifi ap have a route through the gateway / default route? 
> 
> Also does your wifi ap allow management outside the local subnet?
> 
> Unless it has a default gateway it won't know where to send the packets back 
> to in order to reach you. 
> 
> If it doesn't allow management from remote addresses you may need to allow 
> "remote management" and a remote range to allow to manage. 
> 
> In this case dst nat changes the packet destination as you saw but the source 
> is still your own IP address so it will be outside the subnet and also 
> "remote"
> 
> Try check those to and if it's still not working let us know. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Alexander
> 
> Alexander Neilson
> Neilson Productions Ltd
> [email protected]
> 021 329 681
> 
>> On 23/05/2014, at 4:26 pm, Grand Avenue Broadband 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm buffaloed by port translation, which is supposedly very simple.
>> 
>> I set all my subscribers up with a NATted LAN at 192.168.10.0/24, the router 
>> at .1, the DHCP range at .100-.115 or so, and if they have a WiFi router, I 
>> hardcode it to .2 and configure it as an access point, no NAT.  The CPE (SXT 
>> or other) does all the NAT.
>> 
>> I want to be able to access the setup screen on each household WiFi AP so I 
>> can handle additional classes of problems without driving out.
>> 
>> I set up NAT as so (10.2.1.251 is the WAN of the CPE I am testing with):
>> 
>> /ip firewall nat
>> add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat dst-address=10.2.1.251 dst-port=8080 
>> protocol=tcp to-addresses=192.168.10.2 to-ports=80
>> add action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=WLAN to-addresses=0.0.0.0
>> 
>> When I browse to 10.2.1.251:8080 at the NOC, I see the packet come in the 
>> WAN, I see it get NATted to 192.168.10.2:80, I see a response come in the 
>> ether from the WiFi, and then... nothing.  Connection stays at SYN, then 
>> dies.
>> 
>> I know it's not a firewall issue, because I temporarily bypassed the 
>> firewall with unconditional ACCEPT statements for all chains at the top.
>> 
>> I have no problems setting up a PPTP VPN on the CPE, logging into it, 
>> becoming a member of the LAN, and accessing the WiFi that way, but it burns 
>> me that I should be able to make it work the simpler way and I just can't do 
>> it.
>> 
>> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.
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