Wireless router with IP-restricted port forwarding?

Can anyone suggest a wireless router which supports IP-restricted port
forwarding? I.e. I want to be able to ssh into my home machine, but
I want the router to only let certain IP's in. I thought this was
a basic feature since my trusty old non-wireless d-link DI604 supported
it, but since looking around for a wireless replacement I can't seem to
find any that do it. A Linksys support rep even told me flat out "our
routers can't do that", which I find hard to believe.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:25:46 +0000, BDB rearranged some electrons to form:

> Can anyone suggest a wireless router which supports IP-restricted port
> forwarding? I.e. I want to be able to ssh into my home machine, but
> I want the router to only let certain IP's in. I thought this was
> a basic feature since my trusty old non-wireless d-link DI604 supported
> it, but since looking around for a wireless replacement I can't seem to
> find any that do it. A Linksys support rep even told me flat out "our
> routers can't do that", which I find hard to believe.

The Linksys WRT54G can block/allow MAC addresses access to the WAN.

However, your machine can certainly block/allow services by IP address.

man hosts.deny
man hosts.allow


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David M wrote:
> The Linksys WRT54G can block/allow MAC addresses access to the WAN.
>
> However, your machine can certainly block/allow services by IP address.

Yes, I know this. But it's better security to do it at the router also.

> Can anyone suggest a wireless router which supports IP-restricted port
> forwarding?

Any of the wireless routers that can run OpenWRT cam do it (at least, after
installing OpenWRT).


Stefan