Routers, Bridge mode, Unify and VPN

Adrianr · 15 Oct 2024 at 09:35

Slowly but surely pulling my hair out trying to do something I thought shouldn't be too hard.

I have a static IP from my ISP (Hyperoptic). I have a Unify Cloud Gateway Ultra. I want to setup a WireGuard VPN (Can't use Teleport VPN as you can't split tunnel it I believe) on my Gateway for someone to access resources on a machine on my local network, connecting via my static IP.

The provided ZTE ZXHN 3600 router doesn't appear to support 'bridge' mode, so I believe I'm currently double-NAT'd and my Gateway can't see my Static IP, just the IP of the router (Please correct me if this understanding is wrong).

Rather than muddy the waters too much with all the nonsense I've tried so far, in short, what do I need to do (or buy) to make this work?

Caged · 15 Oct 2024 at 09:58

You don't need to use the supplied Hyperoptic router if you have a Cloud Gateway Ultra, plug the WAN of that straight into your ONT or Hyperoptic wall port.

Broken Hope · 15 Oct 2024 at 09:58

If you’re not using a phone service why not just use the Unify as your router and not use the hyperoptic one?

Adrianr · 15 Oct 2024 at 10:02

Jesus christ I'm *sure* I tried this and it didn't work :cry:

Thank you both.

ChrisD. · 15 Oct 2024 at 18:23

UniFi. Not Unify.

OverclockerBH · Monday at 15:38

What if I want to use the phone as well. How can we allow it to be in bridge mode?

Caged · Monday at 16:53

Have you tried plugging the Hyperoptic routers WAN port into your LAN and seeing if the phone service comes alive?