Firewall¶
Note: Since v4.6, the Firewall page has been split. The Port Forwarding and DMZ features have been moved to the Port Forwarding. The Open Ports feature has been moved to the Security.
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> NETWORK -> Firewall
In Firewall page, you can set up firewall rules like Port Forwarding, Open Ports on Router and DMZ.
Port Forwards¶
Port Forwarding lets remote computers to connect to a local computer or server behind the firewall in the LAN network (such as web servers, FTP servers, etc).
To set up port forwarding, on the Port Forwards tab click Add.
It will pop up Add New Port Forward Rule dialog.
Name: The name of the rule.
Protocol: The protocol used, you can choose TCP, UDP, or both TCP and UDP.
External Zone: The options for external zone are WAN, wgclient, wgserver, ovpnclient, ovpnserver.
External Port: The numbers of external ports. You can enter a specific port number here.
Internal Zone: The options for internal zone are WAN, wgclient, wgserver, ovpnclient, ovpnserver.
Internal IP: The IP address assigned by the router to the device which needs to be accessed remotely.
Internal Port: The internal port number of the device. You can enter a specific port number. Leave it blank if it is same as the external port.
Enable: Enable or disable of the rule.
Open Ports on Router¶
The router's services, such as web and FTP, requires their respective ports to be opened on the router in order to be publicly reachable.
To open a port, click Add.
Name: The name of the rule which can be specified by the user.
Protocol: The protocol used, you can choose TCP, UDP, or both TCP and UDP.
Port: The port number that you want to open.
Enable: Enable or disable of the rule.
DMZ¶
DMZ lets you to expose one computer to the Internet, so all inbound packets will be redirected to this computer.
Toggle on Enable DMZ. Select the internal IP address of your device which is going to receive all the inbound packets.
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