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FVS318G Telnet LAN<>WAN firewall settings not working
Hello, when logging into the router via telnet and accessing the fw / lan-wan settings, I cannot use the show function nor can I disable or enable any rules. I need this to work for an automated ...
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No, I haven't recently resetted the router, but I do remember that the last reset fixed some problems such as the DHCP server not showing the devices anymore (in the groups manager). I don't think though, that this will fix this issue, but I can try at some point, although the entire network would have to be taken down, which is something that should really not be done as quite a few people will complain. Possibly overnight, though I am not a fan of this.
I just set up a factory defaulted FVS318Gv1 here and tried.
You are not able to do "show" in the /fw/rules/lanWan/outbound if there exists at least one outbound firewall rule. This seems to be a bit of a glitch indeed, however this device is very old so it's End of Life and out of support... No further firmwares will be released for it I am afraid.
I'd probably look in to an upgrade, the FVS318Gv1 is very old by now, the LAN-WAN throughput is according to the datasheet only 25Mbps which doesn't really hold up to today's standard and is not very 'future proof'.
A good replacement would be the FVS336Gv3, which also has 2 WANs allowing redundant Internet connections. It's probably a bit costier than the FVS318G was back in the days, another option would be the FVS318Gv2, although it's a bit old now and maybe not so future proof - but it will definitely outperform the one you have and it does have the newer version of CLI which is similar to the FVS336Gv(2,3) series and SRX5308.
Edit: Here is a link to a datasheet that compares the models FVS318Gv2, FVS318N, FVS336Gv3 and SRX5308.
Thank you so much for trying it out.
But wasn't the FVS318G supposed to get me 1 Gbit/s?
It says Gigabit Router?
The worst thing is, that this router isn't in use for long now. I bought it about a year ago to replace this incredibly old Netgear router we were using that was even too slow for our current 21 mbit/s internet connection that we are probably going to upgrade in the next month to a 120 mbit/s one.
Thank you for your suggestions. I will consider them eventually if we upgrade to the 120 mbit/s. Right now, everything is still usable, as in it works.
I could also look into openwrt as a firmware to replace this one. It could probably increase the speed some more and fix some bugs.
To not longer keep you tied, I will accept your answer.
Although I still think it's a shame Netgear only offers a few months of support for their products, which is actually not even legal in this country. But I am not able to contract Netgear directly because of the lack of contact addresses.
Hey again,
LAN-LAN is gigabit, LAN-WAN throughput is a bit more limited.
FVS318Gv1 is pretty old, the oldest firmware I can find online is from 2010 and I'm not even sure that's the initial firmware for it but firmware was supported and updated for at least 4 years. It's weird that a reseller would sell you that model so recently especially since the V2 has been around since 2014.
Device comes with 90 days of setup support where you can get help with getting the device up and running, after that you will need a support contract for that kind of service. It does however not affect the hardware warranty of the unit, in case of a hardware failure you're covered by the hardware warranty which is longer.
But yeah, the ability to list outbound rules over CLI I guess is not the most important feature, so if it performs good enough for your usage then there's not really any point in upgrading at this stage I guess (other than future proofing the setup a bit), at least we have ruled out that this would be a specific issue on your unit / with your config.
Could it be that I have the v2 model.
I really do not know anymore.
The software is from 2014 and I bought the router in 2015.
I can provide a serial number or something in case somebody can tell me what model I actually have. It just says FVS318G on the front and back. Nothing more.
The list feature is not that important but the DHCP server's devices don't show up in the lan groups anymore.
I already opened a topic, although I haven't gotten any solution yet. It's just another software bug it seems.
I might just go ahead and build myself openwrt and flash it.
Given that that outperforms the stock firmware anyways is this probably the best way to go.
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