m0n0wall Forum - Configuring 2 m0nowalls to simulate private WAN

Hello,

I’m using two m0n0wall routers in a VMWare environment to connect two test subnets. I can ping the WAN interface on each one but not the LAN interfaces.

Here is my config:

The WAN interfaces are actually connected via a VMWare custom network with DHCP enabled to provide the addresses to the WAN interfaces. This is totally isolated in a VMware environment so there is no internet connectivity. I want to simulate a private WAN connection.

RTR1:
WAN interface
Status up
DHCP up
MAC address 00:0c:29:11:a3:d6
IPv4 address 192.168.253.129/255.255.255.0
IPv6 address fe80::20c:29ff:fe11:a3d6%em1/64
ISP DNS servers 192.168.253.1
Media 1000baseTX <full-duplex>
In/out packets 1621/1626 (98 KB/69 KB)
In/out errors 0/0 Collisions 0

LAN interface Status up
MAC address 00:0c:29:11:a3:cc
IPv4 address 192.168.35.1/255.255.255.0
IPv6 address fe80::20c:29ff:fe11:a3cc%em0/64
Media 1000baseTX <full-duplex>
In/out packets 1307/1180 (104 KB/369 KB)
In/out errors 0/1 Collisions 0

Firewall rule:
Action: Pass
Interface: any
Everything else default values

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RTR2:
WAN interface
Status up
DHCP up
MAC address 00:0c:29:5a:0d:fb
IPv4 address 192.168.253.128/255.255.255.0
IPv6 address fe80::20c:29ff:fe5a:dfb%em1/64
ISP DNS servers 192.168.253.1
Media 1000baseTX <full-duplex>
In/out packets 1118/1080 (66 KB/45 KB)
In/out errors 0/0
Collisions 0

LAN interface
Status up
MAC address 00:0c:29:5a:0d:f1
IPv4 address 192.168.55.1/255.255.255.0
IPv6 address fe80::20c:29ff:fe5a:df1%em0/64
Media 1000baseTX <full-duplex>
In/out packets 159/165 (16 KB/58 KB)
In/out errors 0/1
Collisions 0

Firewall rule:
Action: Pass
Interface: any
Everything else default values

I’ve tried a number of different static route configurations and nothing has worked. I really don’t want to use a Windows server as a firewall/router. Can anyone please give me some direction?

Thank you in advance.