bridging and firewall setup

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hello All, i have a new Mikrotik Hex router , and i was wondering if i put it into bridging mode, and then plugged our modem into the WAN port (of the mikrotik) , then our LAN into one of the LAN ports on the mikrotik, would that make an effective firewall for our client computers and also would it be a fairly quick setup addressing wise?

Thank You.

Regards.

Graham

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WAN and LAN interfaces on hEX are valid only if you use factory configuration of Mikrotik. This device uses LAN1 as WAN interface and LAN2-5 as LAN interface.

If you configure your hEX as bridge will actuate as “switch” and if you want to use integrated firewall, you should enable it using this command:

/interface bridge settings set use-ip-firewall=yes

Regards