Another NAT-Loopback Saga
- Mark as unread
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe (RSS)
- Permalink
- Print this post
- Report post
27-12-2022 11:17 PM
This post is my last ditch attempt before replacing the EE Smart hub.
Im trying to circumvent nat-loopback but having little success,
I've setup a local DNS server, and setup a static route for the problematic server ( synology NAS ),
Interestingly this works when i set the DNS on windows to the local DNS server and the ddns is routed to the internal ip, but when i set the DNS server in the EE Smart hub settings it fails to route it, its not even hitting the DNS server.
What i really don't understand, is according the the smart hubs own configuration, anything that doesn't get blocked by the firewall rules ( firewall is disabled ), will be routed to the DMZ host ignoring the NAT. Yet that isn't true, because it is blocking this.
Is there something im missing? or is replacing the EE smart hub the only option?
It really is a massive omission to not enable nat loopback on these routers, using an internal address is not really a convenient option, you are constantly having to change logins for applications depending on whether you are home or away, setting the DNS to a local one is quite an extreme option not really available to most users.
- Mark as unread
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe (RSS)
- Permalink
- Print this post
- Report post
28-12-2022 03:32 PM
Its very tricky to do remotely 😄
BT Smart Hub and PlusNet Hub 2 both support Nat Loopback Btw, so you would never have this problem.
It seems to only be EE and TalkTalk who disable it.
- Mark as unread
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe (RSS)
- Permalink
- Print this post
- Report post
28-12-2022 03:34 PM
@mattius001 wrote:Its very tricky to do remotely 😄
Yeah, don't do that 😄
BT Smart Hub and PlusNet Hub 2 both support Nat Loopback Btw, so you would never have this problem.
When I was googling earlier, I did come across some similar complaints with the BT Smarthub (not the Smarthub 2, which I know first hand supports loopback - same with the Plusnet hub).

- « Previous
- Next »