Looks like Bob got you covered. My other (first) Airport Extreme is currently connected to my cable modem and used normally. Leave the first set up as is, and set up the Airport Extreme as a bridge? Feb 9, 2011 12:38 PM in response to Tesserax AP Mode disables hardware acceleration, so the CPU needs to handle packets going between the LAN and WAN ports.
In response to Joe P. Do you just open up SSH on port 22 and be done with it? (97,855 points) Mac OS X (10.6.4) Turn on this feature and restart again your R7000. Can a WAN port be used as a LAN port on a second Airport Extreme? Additionally, I'd like to be able to take some LAN traffic bound for a port on the pfsense LAN interface IP and port forward it to an external host - without losing the normal translation that occurs with LAN to WAN traffic. (97,855 points) You should be allowed in. These computer ports can also be described as communication points or interfaces with some other peripheral devices.
Keep in mind that remote access using Remote Desktop Connection from WAN isn’t really ideal. Tesserax via Ethernet cable. You should be allowed in without a problem.
User profile for user: As Dual WAN option you should select “backup switch”. User profile for user: Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping abreast of the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices. After that you will get new option here. Basically, using wire typically provides better bandwidth over wireless. Feb 9, 2011 7:25 PM in response to Joe P. Thanks again for the reply. For the LAN port field, enter the exact same numbers you put in the WAN port field for all the rules. You can set one of your LAN ports as main WAN port.
They should be exact duplicates of each other. First, we block port 22 on the WAN interface with the command: Next we allow port 2222 on the WAN interface with the command: Once you have those two rules in place, test the connections from both the LAN and WAN, making sure to use port 2222 on the WAN side connection. Thanks. User profile for user: And it can be done. You don’t need to configure routing between ports or something like this.
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Feb 9, 2011 7:48 AM Joe P. So the LAN ports are just gigabit switches, while there is something extra going on from the WAN port. If you are working with a server that doesn't make use of UFW, you'll have to modify your firewall rules according to the tool used on your Linux distribution. Or do you worry that leaving port 22 open on the external side of things might invite attacks? WAN port: 395 Mbps. Since there are 3 LAN ports on the back of the Extreme, and the WAN won't be used, can a WAN port be used as a LAN port on the second Airport Extreme?
A port refers to a communication channel or endpoint. Can a WAN port be used as a LAN port on a second Airport Extreme? Configured as a bridge, the AEBS would perform, not as a router, but as a combination Ethernet switch & Wireless Access Point. Once you have those two rules in place, test the connections from both the LAN and WAN, making sure to use port 2222 on the WAN side connection. The Cradlepoint AER3100, AER2100, MBR1400, MBR1200B, IBR600, IBR1100, IBR1150, and IBR650 routers have Multiple Ethernet ports that can be configured as either LAN ports, WAN ports, or disabled. : RUT2XX_R_00.01.07.1) but still the box is unresponsive I'll be demonstrating on a Ubuntu Server 18.04 instance, which works with Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW). I'm looking to buy a second Airport Extreme to be used to join my current network, then distribute my internet connection to home theater equipment (TV, Blu-ray, etc.)
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Feb 9, 2011 7:25 PM If you find this isn't working, make sure to enable UFW with the command: And that's one possible way to specify what SSH connections can be made and from where. Looks like no one’s replied in a while. User profile for user: Any network clients connected to it, either by wire or wireless, will get Internet access through it ... and that Internet would be coming from the AirPort upstream of this one. So I thought I would put the Ampli HD in a bridge Mode and use one of the LAN ports as a connection, but that doesn't work that way as it wanted to use the WAN port. Now we must configure the firewall to allow SSH connections from the WAN, but only to port 2222. This is actually quite simple. You should go to advanced settings -> WAN – > Dual WAN. Theoretically, you can use these two fields to map a different open WAN port to a different open LAN port if you manually changed the port … Anyway, I have an Ubiquiti edgemax router, and it has an option to make one of the LAN ports a WAN port (usually Ethernet 0 or Ethernet 1). Feb 9, 2011 6:06 PM in response to Tesserax Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto « Reply #12 on: July 21, 2011, 11:21:48 AM » i only to help him for a solution to work. Yes, you can do it.
Yep, that's pretty much it. Since there are 3 LAN ports on the back of the Extreme, and the WAN won't be used, can a WAN port be used as a LAN port on the second Airport Extreme?