Custom inbound port forwarding/firewall rules that are restricted to specific WAN IP address ranges.
I am looking for some advice on which router I should purchase. The router can be wired or wireless (I would disable the wireless if it had it) with one WAN port and four or more wired LAN ports.
The main feature I need is the ability to create firewall port forwarding rules such as HTTP, HTTPS and other custom inbound services that would only work for WAN IP addresses in a specific range: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX through YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY. The range of WAN IP addresses typically includes 10 different sequential IP addresses, such as XXX.XXX.XXX.123 through XXX.XXX.XXX.133.
For example:
Service Name: HTTP (TCP port 80)
LAN Server IP Address: 192.168.1.2
WAN Users: 123.456.789.123 through 123.456.789.133
So far I haven’t had much luck finding a router that can do this…
The first router, ASUS RT-AC68U, could only enter firewall rules for a single IP address per rule with a limit of 32 total rules. This wouldn’t work because I would run out of rules before configuring it and this would be a hassle to implement and administrate.
The second router, DLink DIR-890L, would allow me to enter the rules but would delete them every time I went to save them. I even tried the beta firmware version 1.09 that did the same thing. I documented the issue on the DLink forum: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=63841.0
I could really use some suggestions on which router to go with since this WAN address filtering doesn’t appear to be something that a lot of everyday users are doing with their mainstream routers and it vital to me for selecting a new router.
The best performing WAN to LAN, LAN to WAN and total throughput router $300 or less would be my preference.
Thank you!
I am looking for some advice on which router I should purchase. The router can be wired or wireless (I would disable the wireless if it had it) with one WAN port and four or more wired LAN ports.
The main feature I need is the ability to create firewall port forwarding rules such as HTTP, HTTPS and other custom inbound services that would only work for WAN IP addresses in a specific range: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX through YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY. The range of WAN IP addresses typically includes 10 different sequential IP addresses, such as XXX.XXX.XXX.123 through XXX.XXX.XXX.133.
For example:
Service Name: HTTP (TCP port 80)
LAN Server IP Address: 192.168.1.2
WAN Users: 123.456.789.123 through 123.456.789.133
So far I haven’t had much luck finding a router that can do this…
The first router, ASUS RT-AC68U, could only enter firewall rules for a single IP address per rule with a limit of 32 total rules. This wouldn’t work because I would run out of rules before configuring it and this would be a hassle to implement and administrate.
The second router, DLink DIR-890L, would allow me to enter the rules but would delete them every time I went to save them. I even tried the beta firmware version 1.09 that did the same thing. I documented the issue on the DLink forum: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=63841.0
I could really use some suggestions on which router to go with since this WAN address filtering doesn’t appear to be something that a lot of everyday users are doing with their mainstream routers and it vital to me for selecting a new router.
The best performing WAN to LAN, LAN to WAN and total throughput router $300 or less would be my preference.
Thank you!