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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    I appreciate the advice. I think I am giving up on this branch of the project. . . . I suspect limited firmware capability and I have not even scratched the script / rule persistence issue. I suspect as a next step I should flash the router with Merlin (the router is supported) and go from...
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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    So. . . . . . . progress. Or not? Certainly, I am feeling like a noob at the moment. Sometimes things work. . .sometimes they don't. Odd. So the progress is that I managed to get the IPTABLES command to work (Yes, capitals for emphasis). I now have a table that looks like the...
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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    OK. . . I did some playing with this. - - -I think you are correct. If I block with "Client status page"; VPN and WAN is blocked. HOWEVER - - on the Network Services Filter page. . .if I block it (correctly), I seem to block the WAN but not VPN. I suspect I may had been doing this...
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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    gah. I hear you. What I do now is. . .hokey. I leave the "device I don't trust" with internet access blocked - - -and just gave up on remote VPN access. TBH: It's worse than that: I took the device (actually, there are three) and put them on a SEPERATE cheap router without internet access...
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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    gah. . . . . .ok. . . . . .that looks like I am going to have to SSH into the device. Is there a primer on how to proceed and where to stick that piece of code? Will the code remain resident after a reboot? (I prefer to remain with stock firmware; and only tweak as necessary. . . the firmware...
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    Block internet access, BUT allow VPN access

    SO - - - A question; I have a device that can't be trusted to have internet access. I want to block all internet access to this thing from the router. BUT. . . I want to access the unit via a VPN connection (from the other side of the planet). I have set up OpenVPN, and I can successfully...
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    File transfer speed: Upload doesn't match download

    GOT IT. I just had never bothered to understand just HOW SLOW my ISP upload speed (5 Mbps) really was. Internet here in the US is stupid slow, and has always lagged Europe. When I got my NAS, I was focused on internal network needs and ignored internet access capability. But in all my more...
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    File transfer speed: Upload doesn't match download

    Thanks for the quick response. QoS is off. When I do a direct file transfers. . . I am using a VPN. When I try to use Plex, or the WD.com website, I am not on a VPN I may indeed be dealing with MBps and Mbps confusion. Sooooo. . .going into full noob mode. . . .if I have 5 Mbps service. ...
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    File transfer speed: Upload doesn't match download

    I have a weird one. Asus RT-AC66U_B1 router. WD EX2 Ultra NAS Internal network is running fine. Communication speeds consistent with a gigabit network. Speedtest.net gives a 20MB Down/5MB up transfer speed for my home network. Speedtest.net gives a 10MB Down/2MB up transfer speed for a remote...
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