Using two ports on my ZyXel USG gateway to patch two devices together?

Posted by Matthew Beza on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Matthew Beza
Published on 2013-10-25T01:48:43Z Indexed on 2013/10/25 3:57 UTC
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I don't know if this is possible but it would save me many long drives!

I have drawn, with my epic MS Paint skills, my current setup.

http://i.stack.imgur.com/VrJDl.jpg

I have a ZyXel USG300 Gateway with a built in 5 port switch. It supports bridging, tunnles, VLANs, etc..

I have a Cisco WLC2112 plugged into port 6 (P6). The cisco is set to 192.168.6.2 and P6 is set to 192.168.6.1. This works but I need to incorporate a Nomadix AG3000 to handle guests. (Router (A) in the picture). So I need the Cisco WLC2112 to use the Nomadix as if it where plugged into it's LAN port. Right now the Nomadix WAN Port is plugged into (P2) on the ZyXel, and the Nomadix LAN port is plugged into (P3). Is it possible to set something up where (P3) and (P6) are somehow "Patched" as if the Cisco was plugged directly into the Nomadix LAN port? Basically making the ZyXel a fancy Cat5e coupler?

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