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DD-WRT Firewall

JohnMythen06 · 2015-01-23 21:39:33

I was thinking of using DD-WRT on the ISP router for the purpose of utilising the firewall to control the network. The ISP router is patched into a switch that runs to two other routers (from old contracts) that are used as APs and I also have two UniFi APs on the network. If I use this firmware on the ISP router will the…

23-01-2015 9:39pm

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I was thinking of using DD-WRT on the ISP router for the purpose of utilising the firewall to control the network. The ISP router is patched into a switch that runs to two other routers (from old contracts) that are used as APs and I also have two UniFi APs on the network.

If I use this firmware on the ISP router will the firewall apply to the other devices on the network?

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#2 23-01-2015 10:49pm

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If its the boundary between all your other equipment and the internet then yes, any rules its configured for will apply to all WAN<->LAN traffic.

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