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Can wi-fi Users Be Prevented from Logging into Peplink’s Web Admin Interface?

131 views 0 19/01/2021 Garry Wootton

Yes. You can create an additional VLAN / subnet for management then restrict web admin access to that VLAN. You can present the VLAN on a physical LAN port or on a new dedicated SSID.

1. Create a new Management subnet

Web admin>Network>Network Settings>new LAN

Here we create 192.168.200.1/30 named Management which will become the only subnet allowed to access the router’s web admin GUI:


2. Link new subnet to LAN port or SSID

Step 2 is only necessary if you want to get router admin access from the LAN, you can either link the new subnet/VLAN to a LAN port, or alternatively, you can create a new SSID just for management access, if you want to gain web admin to the router via IC2 then it is not necessary to link the Management VLAN to a LAN port or SSID. removing local access in this way does allow improved security, especially if Incontrol is set up to authenticate with 2 factor authentication.

Web admin>Network>Port Settings

Assign an unused LAN port to the Management subnet, port type ‘Access’:

Alternatively, link the new management subnet to a new SSID, link the new SSID to management VLAN and set the security settings:

Web admin>AP>New SSID


3. Allow LAN access from the Management VLAN only

Web admin>System>Admin Security

Set ‘Allowed LAN Networks’ to ‘Management’.

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Note: If the Admin Security page says ““This configuration is being managed by InControl” you will need to temporarily disable Incontrol Device Web Admin, shown below :

Lastly , re-enable Incontrol Device Web Admin and test.

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