Hi all,

I have just setup my new Zoom X6 Router.

Its a good router and has added an extra 1.5kbps to my connection speed right out of the box.

However I am not happy with the security of the X6.

1. It responds to pings. I cant see an option anywhere which allows me to block or unblock ping (ICMP).

2. If I do a port scan via Shields Up or other port scanning websites port 80 is shown as CLOSED. Where all other ports are STEALTH.

I called Zoom tech support and they where next to useless. Sending me an email telling me how to configure a DMZ server. Not sure why they did this as I cant see how allowing a DMZ with the IP of 10.0.0.252 would stealth port 80, but thats what it said in the email. I tried it out of pure curiosity knowing it wasn't going to work and sure enough it didn't.

I am running ESET Smart Security and all firewall settings there are fine.

Does anyone have any experience with the X6 and its quirky security configuration?

Another thing is this. If I disable NAT, I am then not able to access and websites at all. My old router, all though NAT equipped, never had NAT enabled and that would connect to all websites without NAT being enabled. No port forwarding was needed etc.

I have the latest firmware version of 5.0.2-70 installed.

Any help is gratefully received.

Thanks

DoZZa

Hi DoZZa, I had the same problem. Did you get it resolved? If so I'm sure you know by now it is a firewall rule that needs to be added for pings to be blocked. I have found no way to stealth port 80 on this box. The only option I had was changing the port number.