For example a Linux software bridge could probably achieve this via 'ebtables', and most Mikrotik RouterOS devices have L2 NAT under '/interface bridge nat' as well. If you insist on having everything on a single subnet, the only other option which could help is a switch/bridge with 'layer-2 NAT' function, placed like a firewall between the heatpump and the rest of the network. MAC addresses are only relevant within the same L2 network they're on.

Use a router to create a second subnet for your heatpump (or alternatively, for the Wi-Fi devices). (Sorry for the duplication of the question but the original was not showing up on my account and was very hard to search for every time.) Otherwise I agree with you about changing the NSwitch although it is over three months since we got it (this Christmas was the first time we tried the internet connected aspect of it) so Currys may not play ball.

I had thought that giving the switch its own static IP address might work but although it appears in the WiFi log it refuses to connect and it looks like the MAC id takes precedence over the static IP address I assigned the VLAN option might work as the Ubiquiti has this capability, although I have never explored it before - so will give that a try, wish me luck. I keep all my permanent devices locked on static IP addresses (from a reserved list) and hardwired back to the router, there is a uplink to my wireless Access point (Ubiquiti) which then serves both main and guest WiFi networks with its own DHCP server function using a specified range not used anywhere else on my networks. Update: The MAC in question is 98:e8:fa:53:c1:01 and is the same on both the Nintendo Switch and the Nibe Heat pump. I have turned off MAC filtering but all that achieved was enabling the Switch to connect to the network, it could not make the next step to the internet.

It would seem impossible to alter either bit of kit's MAC address.

I can get it to see the local network and it appears briefly in the access point log but will not connect out to the internet. I have a network wired connected heatpump with a static IP address on my LAN, my son's Nintendo Switch has an identical MAC address.Įven though it connects via Wi-Fi from an access point, it refuses to connect to the internet.

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