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Allow wired server to communicate with Guest Network (R6220)
I have:
- a R6220 router running the V1.1.0.86_1.0.1 firmware
- a NAS connected to the network via a cat6 cable.
- the Guest Network is enabled and is isolated from the rest of the network
I want the NAS to use both my 'normal' network and the Guest wifi.
Can this be done?
Can this be done without making the NAS the DMZ server? (I prefer not to completely expose the NAS to the internet...)
Cheers
eetee
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> - the Guest Network is enabled and is isolated from the rest of the
> network> I want the NAS to use both my 'normal' network and the Guest wifi.
That sounds to me like a contradiction. Either the guest devices
_are_ isolated from other LAN devices, or they're _not_ isolated from
other LAN devices.> Can this be done without making the NAS the DMZ server?
I know nothing, but it's not obvious to me that "making the NAS the
DMZ server" would allow isolated guest devices to access it. It _would_
allow incoming connections to the NAS from the outside world.
antinode wrote:
I know nothing, but it's not obvious to me that "making the NAS the
DMZ server" would allow isolated guest devices to access it. It _would_
allow incoming connections to the NAS from the outside world.Presumably if the outside world can communicate with the NAS unhindered, then anything connected to the Guest Wifi can as well...
This is less than ideal though.
Ideally the interaction between the all my devices/servers on my network with the internet remains unchanged, but the NAS can communicate with guests.
> Presumably if the outside world can communicate with the NAS
> unhindered, then anything connected to the Guest Wifi can as well..._You_ might presume that, but I wouldn't. Again, with no actual
knowledge, I'd expect the DMZ implementation to resemble a broad
port-forwarding rule, and the guest-network restriction to be a
firewall-like rule. Although a rational policy might treat these cases
similarly, I would expect the actual implementations of these features
to be quite independent. An experiment ought to resolve the question of
whose guess is better.> Ideally the interaction between the all my devices/servers on my
> network with the internet remains unchanged, but the NAS can communicate
> with guests.I understand what you want, but the NAS just another device on your
LAN. Either a guest can communicate with a device on your LAN, or it
can't. And that (I claim) is independent of how the outside world can
communicate with a device on your LAN.
Can't be done. "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network" is applied to all. Your router does not have VLAN feature so you need to use another device that could do it.
