[nflug] Seeking a SOHO router/NAT device (with requirements)

Joshua Ronne Altemoos joshua at wolfnix.net
Sun Dec 11 10:13:43 EST 2005


I am looking at the manual for this router and I found a Inbound traffic
policy. I have heard of people moding this router to allow console access
i am looking into it.

Link:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3Dwrt54g-v5_ug.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1130280065091&ssbinary=true

> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Richard Hubbard wrote:
>
>> Linksys WRTG-54. I'm not sure if it has exactly everything you want out
>> of the box, but since it is running linux, then it is fairly
>> straightforward matter to get the exact configuration you need.
>>
>> Yes, it's wireless, but it also has the wired switch in it, so you can
>> basically ignore the wireless part. Forwarding is no problem (they all
>> have that, i think) restricting access based on source ip is something
>> that can (i believe ) be configured remote admin is openssh
>
> The stock firmware doesn't allow you to put restrictions on forwarded
> ports. Once you forward a port, anyone source address can access it. I'm
> also 99% sure it doesn't allow administartion via ssh, but it's been so
> long since I ran stock firmware. While the sveasoft firemware isn't an
> option, it still doesn't (at least alchemy) offer the capability to put
> restrictions on forwarded ports either.
>
> However, after some digging and phone calls, I found the dlink DI-604
> Revision E will do what I need, with the exception of secure management:
>
> http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=62&pv=17&sec=1
>
> The manual can be found at:
>
> ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/di604_revE1/Manual/di604_manual_206.zip
>
> Of interest are pages 21 (Advanced->Virtual Server) and page 29
> (Advanced->Filters->Firewall)
>
> The A,B,C revisions of the device make no mention of "Virtual Servers" in
> the Firewall section of their manual.
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