Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)

Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)

Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)
Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)
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Model: Deco BE63  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: 1.2.10 Build 20251229 Rel. 42008

Device: Deco BE63 (2-node mesh)

Firmware: 1.2.10 Build 20251229 Rel. 42008

 

Bug Description:

With OpenVPN server enabled, VPN clients cannot access USB storage shares via SMB on the MAIN node, while the same access works fine on SATELLITE nodes.

 

Details:

- Main node IP: 192.168.68.1 (SanDisk USB drive attached)

- Satellite node IP: 192.168.71.250 (separate USB drive attached)

- VPN clients are assigned IPs in the 10.8.0.0/24 subnet

- SMB port 445 returns CONNECTION REFUSED from VPN clients to the main node

- SMB port 139 (NetBIOS) also returns CONNECTION REFUSED

- ICMP (ping), port 80 (HTTP) and port 21 (FTP) all work fine to the main node from VPN clients

- USB sharing via SMB works normally on the main node from LOCAL network clients

- USB sharing via SMB works normally on the satellite node from VPN clients

 

Conclusion:

The main node's firewall appears to be blocking SMB ports (445 and 139) specifically from the VPN subnet (10.8.0.0/24), while allowing all other traffic. This was not an issue in previous firmware versions.

 

Workaround:

FTP (port 21) access to the main node's USB share works from VPN clients and can be used as a temporary workaround.

 

Request:

Please fix the firewall rules on the main node to allow SMB access from VPN clients, consistent with the behavior on satellite nodes.

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Re:Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)
19 hours ago

  @Ken0G 

Hi, welcome to the community.

It would be highly appreciated if you could send an email to forumsupport.usa@tp-link.com with the following details:

Subject: [Forum Escalation][ID 859938] Deco BE63 - SMB (port 445) blocked from VPN clients on main node (firmware 1.2.10)

Once sent, a ticket will be created in our support system, and a member of the team will follow up to gather more information or troubleshoot the cause.

 

Please update here with the support ticket ID after submitting the email.

Thank you very much.

Best regards.

 

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