Firewall: functional difference between port forwards and traffic rules
Feb 16, 2024 · Hello, I was following some tutorials for setting up a Wireguard server. This one uses a port forward as follows: While the official OpenWrt tutorial advises to use the following …
Recommended firewall settings - OpenWrt Forum
Dec 6, 2019 · If you pull up Network>Firewall what are the recommended settings for "General" and "Zones?" Upon reading google hits, many are showing a "Lan -> wan" setting of "reject" …
Sonos with VLANs in 2025 (complete how-to) - OpenWrt Forum
Jan 4, 2025 · A lot has changed with Sonos and their recent (controversial) software and networking updates, making most previous Sonos VLAN discussion obsolete in 2025. The …
Firewall rules (forwarding) - OpenWrt Forum
Dec 16, 2024 · The zone level forward rule controls forwarding between two or more networks that are in the same firewall zone. This is intra-zone forwarding. If that is set to accept, it will …
Using iptables in v24.10.1 - OpenWrt Forum
Jun 24, 2025 · Only manually defined iptables code firewall rules would be relevant here. Anything running on the level of the UCI/LuCI firewall configuration is already compliant and compatible …
Raspberry Pi 4 vs OpenWrt One for routing, firewall, NAS, and …
Jun 18, 2025 · Hello helpful forum folks, I'm looking for server hardware to run OpenWRT and provide dedicated routing, firewall, network-attached storage access, and offsite backup (of …
GL.iNet MT6000 (Flint 2); Configuration Help (on 24.10.0)
Apr 3, 2025 · Hey All, Hoping someone can assist me with a weird issue, I'm having with the MT6000. The config I'm going for is: Device used in 'Dumb-AP' mode. Uplink(trunked) via the …
OpenWRT 24.10: Can firewall3 (fw3) Still Be Used Instead of …
Feb 7, 2025 · We are migrating our product to Linux kernel 6.6 and OpenWRT 24.10. Currently, our firewall-related functionalities are based on firewall3 (fw3).
Is the firewall broken when an invalid rule is included?
Jun 26, 2025 · The firewall is a rather complex piece of software, it's very easy to get that wrong. The defaults using fw4 (the abstracted zone based rule sets) are secure and work for the vast …
Managing firewall rules manually - OpenWrt Forum
Feb 10, 2025 · Hello great team. I have a device running the last version of OpenWRT, which seem to work so far. However, I would like to manage the firewall rules using an nftables script …