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Aspirant

Jun 21, 2023

Enable Firewall in AP Mode

I am a AT&T Fiber customer. They provide their router (model: BGW210-700) that connects to their fiber access point. I've configured my Orbi RBR850 to act as an access point. It receives its IP ...

FURRYe38

Guru - Experienced User

Jun 24, 2023

Firewall is a router mode feature thats not available in AP mode as the router side is mostly disabled while in AP mode:

https://kb.netgear.com/000061277/Which-features-are-disabled-on-my-Orbi-router-when-it-is-set-to-AP-Mode

So use the host routers firewall for any and all needed firewall configurations.