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AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
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Hello,
I recently purchased an AC750 Wifi DSL modem router (I "upgraded" from a DGN2200) and I cannot find a way to set up an inbound firewall rule. In the old interface it was under port forwarding, in the new one ("Genie") it seems to be absent. I cannot believe such a basic function is missing.
Is there a way to set up a straight firewall rule with the D6000 or I'll have to go back to my old router (or a competitor's product).
Thanks for the attention.
Fabio.
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Judging from the D6000 User Manual, I'd say it's not possible to restrict port forwarding by incoming IP address. But given the relative ease of spoofing IP addresses by a competent hacker, I'd say that it's not a important feature to have. If your LAN server has an internal firewall, you could install a filter there to restrict by incoming IP address.
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Re: AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
I looked at the DGN2200 manual, and couldn’t see anything relating to incoming traffic other than Port Forwarding rules, and Port Triggering. I didn’t see anything described as an ‘Inbound Firewall Rule’, could you please describe what kind of rule you previously set up with the DGN2200?
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Re: AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
Thanks for the quick reply, Andy.
I was talking about port forwarding. If IE I want a port to be accessible from one IP only, I could do that with the old router. Check the following screenshots:
When adding a rule:
these features are not present in the new interface, and the new router is a considerably more expensive one. I work in IT and often work from home so for me is crucial to be able to block traffic towards certain hosts/ports.
I'm sorry for don't being clear the first time, thanks again for your time.
Fabio.
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Judging from the D6000 User Manual, I'd say it's not possible to restrict port forwarding by incoming IP address. But given the relative ease of spoofing IP addresses by a competent hacker, I'd say that it's not a important feature to have. If your LAN server has an internal firewall, you could install a filter there to restrict by incoming IP address.
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Re: AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
OK NoWone, thanks for clearing that up. I think you and TheEther are correct in saying that the facility you want is not available in the D6000, and I suspect this is because the DGN2200 is also a VPN capable router which requires increased functionality for dealing with incoming data. Unfortunately I don’t think the functionality you would want is likely to be added to the D6000.
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Re: AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
@TheEther wrote:Judging from the D6000 User Manual, I'd say it's not possible to restrict port forwarding by incoming IP address. But given the relative ease of spoofing IP addresses by a competent hacker, I'd say that it's not a important feature to have. If your LAN server has an internal firewall, you could install a filter there to restrict by incoming IP address.
Yes if I keep the router I'll have to do that and apply a filter on servers. They're linux machines so I can configure iptables. Thanks for the tip.
Fabio.
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Re: AC750 D6000 Inbound firewall rule
@Babylon5 wrote:OK NoWone, thanks for clearing that up. I think you and TheEther are correct in saying that the facility you want is not available in the D6000, and I suspect this is because the DGN2200 is also a VPN capable router which requires increased functionality for dealing with incoming data. Unfortunately I don’t think the functionality you would want is likely to be added to the D6000.
Thanks for your help. I'll decide what to do with the new router.
Fabio.
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