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RBRE960 - Port Forward to Guest Network
Hi - I have a need to use port forwarding to my guest network and cannot seem to make it work or it's simply not allowed. I have many static IP addresses plus many DHCP ones for all the devices i...
jimmymwilson wrote:
I simply get a message that the IP address must be a LAN address.
My take is this a definition thing.
- Port Fordwarding maps an external port to a device on the internal LAN.
- Devices on the guest network have IP addresses in a separate IP subnet, i.e. "not on the LAN".
- ergo: logically impossible.
Although customers choose to use the guest network for all sorts of thing, it is pretty obvious that Netgear intended the guest SSID to provide access to transient devices, i.e. "guests". Devices on the guest WiFi are not allowed access to each other or to devices on the primary network (LAN)
As FURRYe38 pointed out, this specific Orbi router offers another SSID, intended for Internet of Things (IoT) devices that may be more suitable for this need.