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fvs318n - Internet working only for wifi users
Hi there, Afters some attempts trying to get everything to work with my new fvs318n vpn firewall I do find a very odd internet access problem. For some reason my wireless devices do not have any...
So this thread is a little old already but since I had a similar issue and solved it, thought I'd post the info...
Downgrading the firmware was not necessary...and I doubt that's the issue anyway. However, one byproduct of changing firmware (in either direction) is that you reset everything. That said, if you saved settings and reloaded you might still have the original problem...the one I'm about to explain.
For me, I had played around a bit, checking all the settings, and found the Lan Groups. This gave a nice inventory of all devices on the system. I renamed several of the "unknowns" as I kept a nice list of devices and mac addresses in an Excel file. All nice.
Then I found the button at the bottom of that screen that said "Save Bindings". Of course, why not click that? Got a message that that too was successful. Then, I remembered an IP address I wanted to change and, being in maintenance mindset, I changed it.
Suddenly (well, not suddenly enough to realize the issue) I was having trouble accessing the Internet. It worked earlier. My wireless laptop was working fine; the wired desktop was not!?!
CUT TO THE ISSUE...when you save the binding, it associates the IP address with the mac address. Then, after changing an IP address of the "bound' computer, the firewall blocks access. (This is, actually, a good thing.) Note that bindings can be saved from the Lan Groups (Network Config->LAN Setup->LAN Groups) but are not editable from here...edit these setting at (Security->Asddress Filter->IP Mac Bindings). Once I found this (sorry, had to read the manual), I simply deleted all the bindings and INSTANTLY had Internet access on the desktop.
I hope this helps someone else. Love the device!
TJ
Downgrading the firmware was not necessary...and I doubt that's the issue anyway. However, one byproduct of changing firmware (in either direction) is that you reset everything. That said, if you saved settings and reloaded you might still have the original problem...the one I'm about to explain.
For me, I had played around a bit, checking all the settings, and found the Lan Groups. This gave a nice inventory of all devices on the system. I renamed several of the "unknowns" as I kept a nice list of devices and mac addresses in an Excel file. All nice.
Then I found the button at the bottom of that screen that said "Save Bindings". Of course, why not click that? Got a message that that too was successful. Then, I remembered an IP address I wanted to change and, being in maintenance mindset, I changed it.
Suddenly (well, not suddenly enough to realize the issue) I was having trouble accessing the Internet. It worked earlier. My wireless laptop was working fine; the wired desktop was not!?!
CUT TO THE ISSUE...when you save the binding, it associates the IP address with the mac address. Then, after changing an IP address of the "bound' computer, the firewall blocks access. (This is, actually, a good thing.) Note that bindings can be saved from the Lan Groups (Network Config->LAN Setup->LAN Groups) but are not editable from here...edit these setting at (Security->Asddress Filter->IP Mac Bindings). Once I found this (sorry, had to read the manual), I simply deleted all the bindings and INSTANTLY had Internet access on the desktop.
I hope this helps someone else. Love the device!
TJ
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