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RBR750 port forwarding rule
I have set up my Orbi RBR750 and, although the app seemed quite buggy, after a few itterations it worked as desired. However, I am struggling to find a way to set up port forwarding that specifi...
dbrb2 wrote:But I don't seem to be able to be more restrictive, and say:
Forward incoming connections on port 1234 from IP 1.2.3.4 ONLY to internal IP 5.6.7.8 port 5678
This seems a very basic feature for a router....am I looking in the wrong place?
I don't think the consumer-grade product like Orbi (not a firewall) offers this type of protection. More discussion: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Whitelist-external-IP-Range-for-Port-Forwarding-ORBI-RBR50/td-p/1675733 and https://community.netgear.com/t5/Hardware-VPN-Firewalls-and/Limit-port-forwarding-to-whitelisted-IP-Addresses/td-p/1826036
Thanks. Oh well :-)
I guess I'll have to stick with the current setup of the Orbi as an AP and openWRT as a router/firewall. It seems a pity, but so long as the mesh works well it's not a major problem.
dbrb2 wrote:
Thanks. Oh well :-)
I guess I'll have to stick with the current setup of the Orbi as an AP and openWRT as a router/firewall. It seems a pity, but so long as the mesh works well it's not a major problem.
I was busy typing when this message came through. Fine solution.
Cheers
I may have spoken too soon!
Having put my main device into AP mode, the two satellites have now both gone offline entirely and can't be rediscovered. Time to try a factory reset of the satellite. I can't face a reset of the main unit - that took hours of retries not crash the app on initial install!
OMG. There is a tempest on the forum regarding 750 firmware. (Not my model, so I do not follow the posts closely, but the sense I get is of issues with satellites when the 750 is in AP mode.)
Might be worth a few minutes to make a stiff drink and read through the long threads regarding 750 firmware.
