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Alkanen
Aspirant
Jun 03, 2020

Nighthawk AX4 replaces source IP on incoming packets?

Model: Nighthawk AX4: RAX40

Firmware: Firmware Version V1.0.3.64_1.0.1

 

I bought a Nighthawk AX4 a couple of days ago and have set it up to forward port 80 and 443 to my web server.  The port forwarding works insofar as I can access pages served by my server, but the external IP:s in requests have been replaced with the router's internal IP number (i.e. 192.168.0.1) which messes up a whole bunch of things like blacklisting and geolocation.

 

How can I turn off this silly feature (which seems more like a bug if you ask me), and why is it even there in the first place?

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

/Daniel

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  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jun 05, 2020

    Hello Alkanen, 

     

    I'd like for our support team to look into this further. May you send me a private message with your contact info and serial number. 

     

    Thanks,

    Christian 

    • Alkanen's avatar
      Alkanen
      Aspirant
      Jun 08, 2020

      Hi Christian,

       

      I've sent you a PM with contact information.