Cisco – Can a Cisco SG300 Layer 3 Switch act as a NAT router

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I have following Network Setup:

Basic Home Wifi Router ————————————————
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Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers —————————-| Cisco SG300-28 POE Switch

2 X Cisco Aironet 2700 Series Access Points ——————–|


From the above, all three: WiFi Router, Wireless Access Point Controller and Access Points are connected to L3 Cisco Switch.

I have a leased line connection with Static Public IP address configured in basic home based wifi router to have internet access.

What I'm trying to do is to eliminate the low end device the Wifi Router in my case which will degrade the performance. Buying a new business router is not an option for time being.

I'm not sure if L3 Switch can do Nating by converting Private IP to Public IP and vice-versa to have internet connection sharing. My only requirement is Internet Connection Sharing without the Router.

I'm curious to know if it's possible to configure Internet Connection settings(ip,subnet,gateway,dns) in L3 Switch(sg300-28) so as to avoid the low end router.

Please anybody confirm if it's possible to share Internet Connection of leased line with L3 Switch without any router.

Thanks!

Best Answer

The Cisco SG300 does not provide all of the necessary functions of a home router like NAT, DNS relay, or PPPoE. Therefore connecting it directly to a leased line with a single public IP address won't work.

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