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ohaya1001
Feb 24, 2025Aspirant
Does Access Control block OUTGOING or INCOMING connections?
Hi, I was wondering about the settings in Access Controls, when it "blocks" connections, is it referring to blocking incoming connections (i.e., connections FROM "outside")? Or is it referrin...
ohaya1001
Mar 04, 2025Aspirant
Kevin and Crimp Guru,
Sorry I didn't notice your responses and posted another thread, but maybe we can continue here....
I will try to explain what I am looking for, and why...
So we have Orbi through our house (1 router and 4 satellites), and I mostly work from home.
I have one situation, where I had to set up a small dev environment (4 machines, one running multiple Vbox guests), and once in a while I need to provide some access to the "outside", e.g., so some colleagues can test from outside.
Usually, I try to limit how long I leave those open to the outside, but there was a situation where I had to leave one machine accessible to the outside for several hours and, from the Orbi logging I found a TON of connections.
So, if possible, I would like to basically configure an "inbound whitelist" that would prevent ANY inbound communications from outside the Orbi, other than from the devices on the whitelist.
I've been looking into how I can accomplish that, but if the Orbi could do that, that would be great!
Thanks,
Jim
CrimpOn
Mar 04, 2025Guru - Experienced User
You need Port Forwarding to allow connections through the router to specific devices on the LAN.
It would be up to the device to decide which connections to accept (and which to deny).
Windows Firewall, for example, seems to have this ability. (I see articles about "Permitting Teams access...")