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Orbi BRKE963 - How to set and manage firewall rules
Hi All, I recently set up my Netgear Orbi system. We have a pretty decent smarthome with all kinds of IoT devices and hence would like to make sure everything is properly secured. Could you guys he...
Netgear's Orbi routers do not include sophisticated firewall capabilities. There is an optional (subscription, i.e. "paid") feature called Armor that you might explore. (Having never enabled Armor - because it is "paid" - I have no idea what it can and cannot do.)
The base product has an Advanced feature called Block Services.which deals with the specific situation mentioned (allow LAN access but deny internet access to a specific device or devices).
It is probably relevant to point out that the Orbi product does not support VLANs, which are often used to separate devices into separate network subsets and control communication between them. The internal LAN is one IP subnet, which means an device can connect to any other device. (With the exception of the Guest WiFi network, which allows access only to the internet).