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Cannot access router after enabled Lan firewall
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:40 pm
by edblun
Turned in Lan firewall, now can't access router, help?
Regards
Ed
Re: Cannot access router after enabled Lan firewall
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:24 pm
by billion_fan
edblun wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:40 pm
Turned in Lan firewall, now can't access router, help?
Regards
Ed
if you don't have a interface grouping setup the only option is to reset back to factory default settings (the LAN side firewall blocks access to the web gui, hence its doing its job)
Hopefully you have a back up of your config that you can restore once the reset has been performed.
Or you have a interface grouping setup, you can try accessing the device from another group eg guest wifi network that does not have the LAN side firewall enabled
Re: Cannot access router after enabled Lan firewall
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:31 pm
by edblun
billion_fan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:24 pm
if you don't have a interface grouping setup the only option is to reset back to factory default settings (the LAN side firewall blocks access to the web gui, hence its doing its job)
Thanks billion Fan, i did just that. fortunately not too much of a hassle to reinstall saved config file. and I'm back online again. whats the old adage "don't do networking when tired, etc"
note to self : leave lan firewall alone till remote access set...."
