Is it possible to Allow LAN to access Guest, but prevent Guest from accessing LAN?

[armedmetallica]

I would like to access services on my Guest from my Lan PCs, but would like to prevent Guests from accessing my LAN PCs... is there a way to (easily) do this?

 

[thelonelycoder]

Use a diode in your LAN cables?
... I am jocking ...

 

[armedmetallica]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. Im talking about thw guest Wi-Fi settings. There is an option to allow lan access. I want to prevent guests from accessing the lan, but still allow the Lan to access the guests.

 

[L&LD]

With two Asus routers you can do that:

Configure one router and the LAN with a lower IP address than the other.

The higher IP address LAN will be able to access everything, but not the other way around.


For example:

Modem > Router 1 > Router 2


Modem to Router 1 WAN port with Router 1 LAN configured as 192.168.1.1.

Ethernet Port from Router 1 connected to WAN port of Router 2 with LAN IP configured as 192.168.2.1.


Now; use Router 1 as the guest router (only) and you'll be able to access everything with whatever is connected to Router 2.


Of course, someone will probably provide a better (programmed) solution. But if you have an extra Asus router around, this will do it until they post.

 

[icece]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. Im talking about thw guest Wi-Fi settings. There is an option to allow lan access. I want to prevent guests from accessing the lan, but still allow the Lan to access the guests.

Please give me an idea about the purpose of that configuration.

 

[armedmetallica]

With two Asus routers you can do that:

Configure one router and the LAN with a lower IP address than the other.

The higher IP address LAN will be able to access everything, but not the other way around.


For example:

Modem > Router 1 > Router 2


Modem to Router 1 WAN port with Router 1 LAN configured as 192.168.1.1.

Ethernet Port from Router 1 connected to WAN port of Router 2 with LAN IP configured as 192.168.2.1.


Now; use Router 1 as the guest router (only) and you'll be able to access everything with whatever is connected to Router 2.


Of course, someone will probably provide a better (programmed) solution. But if you have an extra Asus router around, this will do it until they post.

Thanks - this is how I had guest WiFi setup before I got the Asus router (because my older one didn't have guest wifi access). I was hoping to drop the double router setup.

All of my other equipment is old and ready for retirement. I'd have to pretty much buy a new one just to do this.

 

[L&LD]

The RT-N12D1 is a good 'new' 2nd router to consider with the above two router setup.

Depending on where you are, you can pick it up for about $40 or less.