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magoldsm1
Aspirant
Jan 08, 2021

RBK850 Guest Network Port Forwarding

My goal is to provide my students access to a machine in my home without allowing them onto my general home network.  What I was thinking was this:

 

  • Isolate the machine for student use on the guest network.
  • Enable port forwarding for desired ports to that machine.

This doesn't seem to be possible (at least with my current firmware.  Due to the NAT loopback issue, I am still running V3.2.16.1_1.4.4).  While the port forwarding web page allows me to specify the 192.168.2.x network, when I Apply, it is rejected.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?  I looked at VLAN in the manual, but the entire discussion revolves around bypassing NAT, which is not what I'm trying to do.

 

 

Thanks,

Michael

 

2 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru
    Jan 22, 2021

    Guest Network already gets a assigned the .2.### address. Guest Network is already on the WAN side of the router thus there is no need for port forward Guest Network which isn't supported. 

  • magoldsm1's avatar
    magoldsm1
    Aspirant
    Jan 28, 2021

    I mis-stated my question.  I'd like to give the students *remote* access to the machine in my home, while maintaining isolation of that machine from the rest of my home network.

     

    Thanks,

    Michael