Site to Site and Google Wifi

I purchased a Firewalla Purple SE to make a site to site VPN connection between my parents house and mine so I can access and troubleshooting their network devices from my home. So problem one is that Google Wifi sucks... I found out that if you use Google Wifi as a mesh (which is how they advertise and sell it), you cannot set it up in bridge mode. It forces to act as a router providing DHCP services... Lame. Ok fine. So I now have a double NAT with my firewalla setup in router mode and the the Google Wifi behind that. I created the Site to Site VPN and from my parents house, I was able to access my home devices using 10.0.0.x devices. But from my house, I could not access their devices using 192.168.99.x. Keeping in mind the route if my network out Firewalla Gold to Firewall Purple (Router mode) to Google Wifi again doing DHCP to the entire network. So I have a double nat issue. Any ideas how to allow me to access the machines on the remote network with double nat?

Nishal Patel

June 25, 2023 21:26

I just saw this article posted below so it answers my question... Time to get rid of Google Wifi. Oh you can use Bridged but no Mesh lol. Joke. That basically renders the unit useless. Then dont give me Bridge / AP as a option. Moving to TPLink which allows what I want and maintains a mesh and gives me a dedicated wireless backhaul now...

Google Wifi or Nest Wifi Mesh network with Purple (Beta) – Firewalla

June 26, 2023 18:51
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Moved to TP link deco X55 mesh and all is working perfectly now. Able to access what I need with site to site. Love firewalla. Such a great product and so simple to use but has advanced options if you need.

Site to Site and Google Wifi

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