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dm123
Dec 04, 2025Aspirant
Ping from WLAN to LAN or vice versa not working (RAX54)
I am using a RAX54v2 NightHawk and I have several devices connected to either a WLAN (wifi) or LAN (wired). It looks like traffic from WLAN is not routed to LAN or vice versa even though the devices ...
- Dec 04, 2025
Thank you for the replies, CrimpOn and FURRYe38.
I think I figured it out based on your answers. The devices I tested with are: a Windows laptop (wired), a Raspberry Pi, another similar Linux board running Debian, and an HP printer (wired). Both Linux devices are headless. I have several other devices connected via wifi and wired, to the same router. The Linux devices were connecting to the guest wifi, which I had set as non-routable to other networks. My Wifi networks are named something like 'Yogurt', 'More Yogurt' and 'Yogurt Guest'. The tool I was using to check the SSID of the network these devices were connecting to happened to be buggy and reported that I was connected to 'Yogurt' when I was connected to 'Yogurt Guest'.
I don't see a protection engine feature. I was referring to the 'VLAN/Bridge settings' page - my apologies, I should have been clearer. I am curious to know if there is a way I can access and edit the underlying NAT rules of the router, if needed - a command-line interface similar to iptables would be great.
Thanks again!
dm123
Dec 04, 2025Aspirant
Thank you for the replies, CrimpOn and FURRYe38.
I think I figured it out based on your answers. The devices I tested with are: a Windows laptop (wired), a Raspberry Pi, another similar Linux board running Debian, and an HP printer (wired). Both Linux devices are headless. I have several other devices connected via wifi and wired, to the same router. The Linux devices were connecting to the guest wifi, which I had set as non-routable to other networks. My Wifi networks are named something like 'Yogurt', 'More Yogurt' and 'Yogurt Guest'. The tool I was using to check the SSID of the network these devices were connecting to happened to be buggy and reported that I was connected to 'Yogurt' when I was connected to 'Yogurt Guest'.
I don't see a protection engine feature. I was referring to the 'VLAN/Bridge settings' page - my apologies, I should have been clearer. I am curious to know if there is a way I can access and edit the underlying NAT rules of the router, if needed - a command-line interface similar to iptables would be great.
Thanks again!
- FURRYe38Dec 04, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Glad you figured it out. ya, You won't be able to ping from LAN/WLAN to Guest network as that is isolated from those networks.
And there is no command line interface anymore on NG routers. Telnet was removed years ago.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-routerEnjoy. 📡