Maybe this has been asked and answered (just in a different way) - in which case, sorry... link me
I don't have a need for the router or wifi functionality, I'm just interested in the HA side, but I can't seem to get my A3 to behave in the way I'd expect. Without going into too many details, I can hook up a lan port on the A3 to a switch on my network and hit the web portal, but the A3 can't talk to the web - presumably it's configured to only do this via the WAN port(?). I can't get the WAN port to work like a LAN port - even tried sticking it with a static ip into its DMZ (was a long shot) but no dice. Whats weird is that if I connect the wan port up to my router, (ubiquiti edge x), I can see it in the dhcp requests (if its set to request one), but it looks like the A3 doesn't respond to ICMP (I think thats the right term) requests - pings. At least not on the wan port - maybe I misconfigured something?
Is there some way to do this that doesn't involve me banging my head on the table? In theory I could make it work as it is - my cable modem has 4 *wan* ports on it (wasn't the selling point, but whatever right?), which aren't connected to each other, so in theory I could have 4 separate LAN's from the modem and use the WAN port on the A3 to connect to one of these, and one of the LAN ports to connect to the other network - though I'm unclear how DHCP on the A3 is handled, it appears to want ot act as a DCHP server, not a client.... blah, confusitron.
For giggles I plugged a lan port on the A3 to my switch, and the wan port on the a3 to the other lan port on the A3 (connected it to itself). Disappointingly nothing interesting happened. Not sure what I was expecting...
Last - I've noticed that the web interface and the LCD screen don't always seem to reflect each others changes and that I have to force refresh if I make changes in the web browser - unrelated really, just annoying.
FYI, I know just enough IT stuffs to cause trouble and fix my parents interwebs. Maybe a bit more, but I'm new to the Almond community so I may not quite grasp some things at first. Go easy on me!