Hello. I'm looking to replace my router with something a little more feature rich. I'm still on DSL at the moment so ideally would like a DSL and WAN router to future proof.
I've seen the Asus DSL-AX82U and saw that there is a version of Merlin for it too (but an off shoot?). I've tried to find some info, but just wondered if anyone with experience of this line of routers or the firmware could help please?
I like a lot of the features that come with the router (Ai and QoS look good), but I have a couple of specific requirements about the firewall.
1 I've seen some info about inbound rules not working, is this fixed or is there a workaround? I need to open certain ports up to my LAN from the WAN.
2 The opposite of above! For the majority of internal clients, they should be allowed to the internet. But for certain ones, I would like to restrict the ports they are able to connect to the WAN on. On my current router this is called "Service filtering". In the stock Asus it looks like it only allows 32 entries but I will need more. Is this possible? Currently, I have to block groups of ports, but I'm happy to block all ports and only allow exceptions if this is possible for these clients too. (I don't know if I need to use this or if there is a way of creating outbound firewall rules?)
Any pointers would be appreciated!
I've seen the Asus DSL-AX82U and saw that there is a version of Merlin for it too (but an off shoot?). I've tried to find some info, but just wondered if anyone with experience of this line of routers or the firmware could help please?
I like a lot of the features that come with the router (Ai and QoS look good), but I have a couple of specific requirements about the firewall.
1 I've seen some info about inbound rules not working, is this fixed or is there a workaround? I need to open certain ports up to my LAN from the WAN.
2 The opposite of above! For the majority of internal clients, they should be allowed to the internet. But for certain ones, I would like to restrict the ports they are able to connect to the WAN on. On my current router this is called "Service filtering". In the stock Asus it looks like it only allows 32 entries but I will need more. Is this possible? Currently, I have to block groups of ports, but I'm happy to block all ports and only allow exceptions if this is possible for these clients too. (I don't know if I need to use this or if there is a way of creating outbound firewall rules?)
Any pointers would be appreciated!
