Can I subnet a subnet?
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Apologies in advance for the botched terminology. I have read the Server Fault Subnet Wiki but this is more of an ISP question.
I currently have a /27 block of public IPs. I use give my router the first address in this pool and then use 1-to-1 NAT for all the servers behind the firewall, so that they each get their own public IP.
The router/firewall is currently using (actual addresses removed to protect the guilty):
IP Address:  XXX.XXX.XXX.164
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.224
Gateway:     XXX.XXX.XXX.161
What I would like to do is break out my subnet into two separate /28 subnets. And do this in a way that is transparent to the ISP (i.e., they see me as continuing to operate a single /27).
Currently, my topology looks like:
     ISP
      |
[Router/Firewall]
      |
  [Managed Ethernet Switch]
  /       \         \
[Server1] [Server2] [Server3] (etc)
Instead, I would like it to look like:
       ISP
        |
    [Switch]
    /      \
[Router1] [Router2]
  |    |    |   |
[S1] [S2] [S3] [S4] (etc)
As you can see, this would partition me into two separate networks.
I'm struggling with what the correct IP settings would be on Router1 and Router2.
Here's what I have right now:
              Router1              Router2
IP Address:   XXX.XXX.XXX.164      XXX.XXX.XXX.180
Subnet mask:  255.255.255.240      255.255.255.240
Gateway:      XXX.XXX.XXX.161      XXX.XXX.XXX.161
Note that normally you would expect Router2 to have a gateway of .177, but I'm trying to get them both to use the gateway originally given to me by the ISP.
Is subnetting like this in fact possible, or am I completely botching the most basic concepts?
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