** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal"
<os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:54:27 -0500
> Hey, Will, Norm...
>
> On 02/10/10 04:04 pm, Will Honea thus wrote :
> > ** Reply to message from "Norm Metcalf" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on
> > Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:53:51 -0700
> >
> >
> >
> >> Thanks. The Actiontec GT724WGR will open Port 465 only when using NAT
> >> only, it won't open with any of the three levels of firewall. Actiontec
> >> support says that this a deliberate design.
> >>
> >
> > Another plus for the older Actiontec GT701WG and GT704WG units! They have 5
> > levels for the firewall: OFF, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH and CUSTOM. I run mine at
> > CUSTOM. I've been buying up the ones Qwest used for their DSL service for
> > years at $10 - $20 each just because they are so flexible.
> >
> > One thing you might try is to telnet to the router then manually insert a rule
> > via iptables - I've used that for a couple of odd firewall cases just as a test
> > and it works here. You'll lose that on a re-boot but I only boot the routers
> > once in a blue moon anyway.
> >
> >
> Can't you add that to the init script?
>
> Quick Google...
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22400670-ActionTec-GT724WGR-Mapping-multiple-WAN-IPs-to-my-LAN
> mentions /etc/init.d/rcS, however re-mounting the fs as read/write seems
> to lead to a permissions error in that model. Still, there ought to be
> some way to store that firewall configuration.
I haven't tried that, Lew. I used it as a quickie a couple of times while I
was trying to get a port forwarding issue cleared up because Qwest would assign
a new IP to the modem every time I rebooted which screwed up the test link.
I'm too cheap to go the dyndns route so keeping everyone in the loop becomes an
issue when the modems play musical chairs ;-)
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