diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51b42f8..8e73bda 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ ifndef ignore-not-found
 endif
 
 # this is configured to work with the capi-lab
-export METAL_API_URL := "http://metal.172.17.0.1.nip.io:8080"
+export METAL_API_URL := "http://metal.203.0.113.1.nip.io:8080"
 export METAL_API_HMAC := "metal-admin"
 
 .PHONY: install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce12825..eac3926 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ providers:
 Now you are able to install the CAPMS into your cluster:
 
 ```bash
-export METALCTL_API_URL=http://metal.172.17.0.1.nip.io:8080
+export METALCTL_API_URL=http://metal.203.0.113.1.nip.io:8080
 export METALCTL_API_HMAC=metal-admin
 export EXP_KUBEADM_BOOTSTRAP_FORMAT_IGNITION=true
 
diff --git a/capi-lab/Makefile b/capi-lab/Makefile
index cdc1919..72cac37 100644
--- a/capi-lab/Makefile
+++ b/capi-lab/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := up
+.EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES:
 
+ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS_FILE=$(shell pwd)/mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml
+KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_DOCKER_NETWORK=mini_lab_ext
 KUBECONFIG := $(shell pwd)/mini-lab/.kubeconfig
+MINI_LAB_FLAVOR=capms
+METALCTL_API_URL=http://metal.203.0.113.1.nip.io:8080
+METALCTL_HMAC=metal-admin
+
 IMG ?= ghcr.io/metal-stack/cluster-api-metal-stack-controller:latest
 
 .PHONY: up
@@ -8,7 +15,7 @@ up: bake deploy-capi
 
 .PHONY: bake
 bake:
-	cd mini-lab && make up	MINI_LAB_FLAVOR=capms ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS_FILE=../mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml
+	cd mini-lab && make external_network up # change directory required for gen-certs
 
 .PHONY: deploy-capi
 deploy-capi:
@@ -23,9 +30,9 @@ cleanup:
 
 .PHONY: dev-env
 dev-env:
-	@echo "export METALCTL_API_URL=http://metal.172.17.0.1.nip.io:8080"
-	@echo "export METALCTL_HMAC=metal-admin"
-	@echo "export KUBECONFIG=$(shell pwd)/mini-lab/.kubeconfig"
+	@echo "export METALCTL_API_URL=${METALCTL_API_URL}"
+	@echo "export METALCTL_HMAC=${METALCTL_HMAC}"
+	@echo "export KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG}"
 
 .PHONY: controller
 controller:
diff --git a/capi-lab/firewall-rules.yaml b/capi-lab/firewall-rules.yaml
index a912622..62e27a9 100644
--- a/capi-lab/firewall-rules.yaml
+++ b/capi-lab/firewall-rules.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ ingress:
   - 443
   protocol: TCP
   from:
-  - 172.16.0.0/12 # Docker Networks
-  - 203.0.113.0/24 # metal_lab_ext
+  - 203.0.113.0/24
   to:
   - 203.0.113.128/25
diff --git a/capi-lab/mini-lab b/capi-lab/mini-lab
index 3348f45..72acbfb 160000
--- a/capi-lab/mini-lab
+++ b/capi-lab/mini-lab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3348f45125f1e09ef691a6c1c1afb820ef97db5c
+Subproject commit 72acbfbffce1866ea6ac8352f38506c5e2f95291
diff --git a/capi-lab/mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml b/capi-lab/mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml
index 1fabb05..afe306e 100644
--- a/capi-lab/mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml
+++ b/capi-lab/mini-lab-overrides/extra-vars.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ---
+metal_control_plane_ingress_dns: 203.0.113.1.nip.io
 metal_check_api_health_endpoint: http://metal.{{ metal_control_plane_ingress_dns }}:8080/v1/health
 
 metal_api_base_path: "/"
 
 metal_ingress_dns: metal.{{ metal_control_plane_ingress_dns }}
 
-metal_partition_metal_api_addr: metal.172.17.0.1.nip.io
+metal_partition_metal_api_addr: metal.{{ metal_control_plane_ingress_dns }}
 metal_partition_metal_api_basepath: "/"
+metal_partition_mgmt_gateway: 203.0.113.1
 
 metal_api_images:
 - id: firewall-ubuntu-3.0
@@ -21,3 +23,10 @@ metal_api_images:
   url: https://images.metal-stack.io/metal-os/pull_requests/273-cluster-api-k8s-v1.30.6/cluster-api/cluster-api-k8s-1.30.6/img.tar.lz4
   features:
     - machine
+
+sonic_mgmtif_gateway: "203.0.113.1"
+
+sonic_nameservers:
+  - "203.0.113.1"
+  - "1.1.1.1"
+  - "1.0.0.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/clusterctl-templates/example_variables.rc b/config/clusterctl-templates/example_variables.rc
index f7c54d0..1cdb814 100644
--- a/config/clusterctl-templates/example_variables.rc
+++ b/config/clusterctl-templates/example_variables.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export METAL_API_URL=http://metal.172.17.0.1.nip.io:8080
+export METAL_API_URL=http://metal.203.0.113.1.nip.io:8080
 export METAL_API_HMAC=metal-admin
 
 export METAL_PROJECT_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001