Since vera2 only has the 2 Ethernet ports I took the opportunity to buy an N router with more settings and whatnot to fiddle and then just hand the vera off it.
Here’s the fun- the new router has the same number of lan ports as the vera1- and i used them all. But now i also have to hang the vera off the router so now I’m a port short.
So I’m wanting to bridge (or whatever you call it- ) the two Ethernet ports on the vera2 so I can plug my extra device into eth2 on the vera and it will get assigned an IP address on the local network assigned by my new router.
I looked in the advanced network settings on the vera2 (with UI4) and boy is that totally different then on vera1 with UI2. Looks very bare bones and like I can’t do anything?
Can you use the old Vera 1 as a switch (expensive switch) or do you have other plans for it? Hubs are cheap too, I haven’t had a chance to dive into my Vera2 yet, I might be able to help after I get a look this weekend.
[quote=“michaelk, post:1, topic:166726”]just fired up my new vera2.
I was using my vera1 as my router.
Since vera2 only has the 2 Ethernet ports I took the opportunity to buy an N router with more settings and whatnot to fiddle and then just hand the vera off it.
Here’s the fun- the new router has the same number of lan ports as the vera1- and i used them all. But now i also have to hang the vera off the router so now I’m a port short.
So I’m wanting to bridge (or whatever you call it- ) the two Ethernet ports on the vera2 so I can plug my extra device into eth2 on the vera and it will get assigned an IP address on the local network assigned by my new router.
I looked in the advanced network settings on the vera2 (with UI4) and boy is that totally different then on vera1 with UI2. Looks very bare bones and like I can’t do anything?[/quote]If you click one of the other radio buttons rather than automatically configure (in the advanced section) then it’ll give you all the old options you likely saw in UI2
Select: Through another gateway on my network. Vera is a switch
Remove one of the devices from your router, connect Vera’s ETH1 to that empty port and the device you just removed to Vera ETH 2 now your router will pass an IP from your router to ETH2. Your now in bridge mode.
[quote=“JOD, post:4, topic:166726”]Go to the Advanced Tab select Net & WiFi.
Select: Through another gateway on my network. Vera is a switch
Remove one of the devices from your router, connect Vera’s ETH1 to that empty port and the device you just removed to Vera ETH 2 now your router will pass an IP from your router to ETH2. Your now in bridge mode.
JOD.[/quote]
that’s exactly the setting change I already made- but it didn’t work.
When I look in the advanced config screen to get into the router it shows the lan port still as the default
192.168.81.1 - but maybe that’s irrelevant…
But maybe it needed the reboot i did last night- off to the basement to plug my laptop into eth2 and see what it does…
) the two Ethernet ports on the vera2 so I can plug my extra device into eth2 on the vera and it will get assigned an IP address on the local network assigned by my new router.