Firewall Rules for Internet/WAN -> LAN on IPv4 and IPv6, LAN -> WAN/Internet for IPv4 and IPv6

Amazing Orbi, Orbo Pro, Nighthawk Routers, DSL Routers, Mobile Routers have service blocking (only for IPv4 why ever) - limiting the LAN -> Internet access (why ever somebody want to do this) but there is no control to manage firewall rules for Internet/WAN -> LAN.

When can we expect a workable UI ot manage firewall rules for IPv4 and IPv6 LAN->Internet and Internet/WAN->LAN please?

And then support for a ISP changing IPv6 prefix (ie. if the ISP does change the IPv6 prefix because they use rapid deployment (6rd) where the prefix is linked to the IPv4 address.

And every time a user is seeking or this the Netgear mods reply to use Service Blocking - what of course does not work for WAN/Internet -> LAN.

AbhayB NaderA

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13 Comments

JasonN
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 11, 2018
Hi schumaku,

Thank you for submitting your idea on how we can improve the product. Your suggestion will be reviewed for consideration. :]

- Jason N
schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 09, 2018
feldon30 +1.

The Taiwan based Z brand does offer fully fledged UTM appliances starting from about 300 US$ for 400 Mbps (Firewall), 100 Mbps (VPN - SSL, L2TP and IPSec, 20 IPSec Tunnels and 5 SSL Upgradable to 15) and 50 Mbps UTM for 50000 sessions. johngm
feldon30
Follower
Apr 09, 2018
And before saying "but this feature is only in $1K Enterprise-level routers!", a cheap Linksys WRT54G running the open source DD-WRT firmware can do iptables blocks of IP addresses and ranges. Let's hope Netgear chooses to prioritize and implement this feature!