OpenWRT - Firewall - Port Forwarding and Traffic Rules

In video video, we use OpenWRT Firewall to configure Port Forwarding and Traffic Rules. We will discuss the basic concept of Firerwall, such as zones, actions and network interfaces. As a demonstration, we will open a for a port for the router (configure port forward from WAN to LAN) and allow SSH access to the OpenWRT router via port 22 by creating a traffic rule. Video timeframe: 00:00 - OpenWRT Firewall Zones Introduction 01:35 - Differences between Port Forward and Traffic Rules 02:30 - Port forwarding on OpenWRT - Open port 80 for HTTP 03:10 - Static Lease / Reserved IP with DHCP server 06:00 - Configure Port Forward in LuCI 08:09 - Check if a port is Open or Closed 09:00 - OpenWRT Traffic Rules 09:10 - Example - Enable SSH access to the OpenWRT router from Internet 11:45 - Tip about Soure and Destination port 13:18 - Warning and Final words More information about OpenWRT Firewall: Thank for watching and see you in the next video!
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