EDGEROUTER LITE PORT FORWARDING WIZARD UPGRADE
EDGEROUTER LITE PORT FORWARDING WIZARD WINDOWS

Once logged into the CLI you’re presented with a shell in a Debian-based environment. You’ll probably want to consult the EdgeOS User Guide to get familiar with the CLI (refer to Appendix A), but I’ll mention a few of the basics here. The OS on the ERL is called EdgeOS and is based on Vyatta, so if you’re familiar with Vyatta the EdgeOS CLI will be familiar. You can access the CLI either within the web UI or over ssh (my preferred method). Once this is done and the ERL reboots, it is imperative that your next step is to change the default password, or better yet add a new user and delete the default user altogether. If you wish to use one of the wizards it is important that this be the first configuration step you perform, as any change to the configuration at all seems to make the ERL insist that you reset to the default configuration before using the wizard. While I prefer the CLI for most of my configuration, the ERL’s web interface contains a handful of wizards for common setups. This will bring up the configuration interface in your browser. Bascially, the steps are: connect a machine to the eth0 port on the ERL, manually configure your machine to have an address in the 192.168.1.x subnet, then point your web browser at 192.168.1.1. Initial ERL Setup via the Web UIĬonsult the EdgeRouter Lite User Guide for information on accessing the EdgeOS configuration interface for the first time. In these posts we’ll gradually work towards setting up the EdgeRouter Lite for this setup. With the ERL (in combination with a managed switch) I can instead use VLANs to separate my networks for something that looks more like this: Previously this was done by attaching a second NAT router with firewall behind the router that connected my home from the internet. I work from home though, and I keep my office network separated from our home network to protect my work assets from any potential compromise of my home network. The typical home network consists of just a single network. It also has a decent CLI, which will be used for almost all the configuration examples in these posts. The ERL serves only the router function, but it does this with better performance, more flexibility, and (hopefully) better reliability than consumer equipment. In consumer parlance a router is typically a combination of a router (connects networks together), a switch (connects machines within a network), and a wireless access point (allows wireless clients to connect to the network). If all you’re familiar with is the standard consumer home networking equipment, it may take a bit of reorienting to understand the role of the ERL. If you see mistakes, have problems with any of the steps, or have suggestions for better ways to do things please let me know.įor reference I’ll maintain a collection of links to all my posts about EdgeRouter Lite configuration here, updating it as new posts are added. Since my ERL is currently in use I haven’t been able to validate the configuration steps I provide. Please note that for the most part I’m writing this from memory, so there may be mistakes. Getting this device configured was a bit of work though, so I’m documenting what a learned here - mostly for my reference, but also in case it proves useful to anyone else.

EDGEROUTER LITE PORT FORWARDING WIZARD UPGRADE

So far I’m finding this to be a very substantial upgrade to the typical consumer-grade home networking equipment at a reasonable price. So if you want to add your port next time, you can just click 'Ports Database' button to fill your info automatically.īy click 'Check' button on main gui, the tool can check if your port is opened.Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite Setup Part 1: The BasicsĪ few months back I picked up an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite as I started the process of upgrading some of the aging network equipment in my home. The Protocol field you can choose is 'TCP', 'UDP' or 'Both'. Then the tool will add all of those ports at one time. The Port field that you can input multiple ports and range. Then you can just simply click 'add' button on gui, then please fill in the port that you want to forward and internal ip address. And you can click 'Info' button to view the info of your router. If you have multiple routers connected, the tool will find them all. When you launch the software, it will auto detect your route and fetch current port forwarding entries from router and display for you. So what you need to do is just enable UPnP or NAT-PMP option in your router. The Port Forwarding Wizard Lite communicate with router by using UPnP or NAT-PMP standard. The tool support router with UPnP option and Apple AirPort router.

You can easily add port forwarding into router and check if your port is opened by using our tool.

EDGEROUTER LITE PORT FORWARDING WIZARD WINDOWS

Support Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and above. Port Forwarding Wizard Lite 2.0: It is a very simple port forwarding software.

Edgerouter lite port forwarding wizard