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Cannot reach WAN ports from LAN
Hi all, I have been seaching thru the forums but have not found a discussion that is exactly my issue. I have setup an Orbi router and satellite and everything is working great...except for one t...
Well, as I mentioned, the Orbi works perfectly fine if you're doing standard NAT port forwarding from the WAN interface. It's the dubious "Default DMZ" option that seems to be the problem (at least, in my testing). And just to re-state my previous opinion, the default DMZ "feature" is a security disaster waiting to happen, so I would avoid it at all costs. I'm actually surprised they provide such a feature. If you want a real DMZ, buy a real firewall. The DMZ feature of the Orbi is sadly just smoke & mirrors. Just my 2¢ though, so take it for what it's worth. At any rate, happy to hear you found a workable solution.
Oh no, I was not ignoring your warnings about the supposed "DMZ" feature of the Orbi. I could tell when I set it up that things were funky, but relieved that I was able to get everything working (VPN, HA, Web, cloud, etc...). I only did not comment on it becuase my server has a firewall built-in. It opens up the ports it needs automatically when services are active, so I wasn't too worried about having it exposed. But your comments led me directly to my solution so I have you to thank again for the help!