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Kevin561
Jul 16, 2018Aspirant
Port Forwarding to single wan ip address
Hi i recently upgraded my modem from a DG2200v3 which allowed me to create https rule for port forwarding for a specific address ie single wan ip address, & was wondering if there is anyway i can ach...
- Jul 17, 2018
Yes, this was the second option. Netgear is convinced such firewall rules are not required on the consumer class Nighthawk, Orbi, or even thie "business" Orbi Pro or WAC510 routers. Seriously, Netgear does allow restrictions for outgoing connections (W)LAN->Internet , but their routers do not offer any firewall rule configurations for Internet->Router/(W)LAN. Silly but true. All we can do is continue to complain about this missing feature - which almost any competing brand router product has.
Kevin561
Jul 17, 2018Aspirant
Hi Schumaku, thanks for that, i don't quite follow what you mean, but what i need to do is restrict the port forwarding rule to a single external ip address ie only if the external ip address (from the internet) matches the rule external ip address then port forward (https in this case)this feature is aviabiable on the DGN2200 v3 router (netgear) that i am upgrading from
regards Kevin
schumaku
Jul 17, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Yes, this was the second option. Netgear is convinced such firewall rules are not required on the consumer class Nighthawk, Orbi, or even thie "business" Orbi Pro or WAC510 routers. Seriously, Netgear does allow restrictions for outgoing connections (W)LAN->Internet , but their routers do not offer any firewall rule configurations for Internet->Router/(W)LAN. Silly but true. All we can do is continue to complain about this missing feature - which almost any competing brand router product has.
- Kevin561Jul 17, 2018Aspirant
Hi Schumaku thanks for that guess i'll be selling my nice new nighthawk and switch to another brand pity i do like netgear gear... their loss
regards Kevin