# Network "Isolated" question **URL:** \ **Category:** Routers\ **Tags:** router, controller\ **Created:** [December 11, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922 "2024-12-11T17:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon77415413](https://forum.alta.inc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@anon77415413](https://forum.alta.inc/u/anon77415413)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922/1 "2024-12-11T17:58:36Z")
If I have a vlan Isolated, as shown below, can I add a single firewall rule explicitly allowing that isolated VLAN access to a single device on another VLAN? Or would I need to manually isolate the VLAN with firewall rules in order to achieve that? ![Screenshot 2024-12-11 at 10.56.16](https://forum.alta.inc/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4a657a27f7c875041decda00ab3c565fc01d3840.png) ---
**Author:** ![Alta-MikeD](https://forum.alta.inc/user_avatar/forum.alta.inc/alta-miked/32/1942_2.png) [@Alta-MikeD](https://forum.alta.inc/u/Alta-MikeD)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922/2 "2024-12-12T01:06:44Z")
> [@anon77415413](#): > > can I add a single firewall rule explicitly allowing that isolated VLAN access to a single device on another VLAN? Great question! No, you cannot. A VLAN that has isolation enabled is truly isolated and there is no way to open rules to/from your LAN. > [@anon77415413](#): > > Or would I need to manually isolate the VLAN with firewall rules in order to achieve that? Yes, if you needed this ability you would manually have to create the rules required in the firewall. You cannot leverage this Isolation toggle for that use case. ---
**Author:** ![anon77415413](https://forum.alta.inc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@anon77415413](https://forum.alta.inc/u/anon77415413)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922/3 "2024-12-12T01:11:38Z")
I figured as much. Thank you for clarifying sir. ---
**Author:** ![Alta-MikeD](https://forum.alta.inc/user_avatar/forum.alta.inc/alta-miked/32/1942_2.png) [@Alta-MikeD](https://forum.alta.inc/u/Alta-MikeD)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922/4 "2024-12-12T17:35:08Z")
No problem! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.alta.inc/uploads/default/original/1X/087669c3d7c0a6495087b41d6f385a6771f2231c.png) [@system](https://forum.alta.inc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.alta.inc/t/network-isolated-question/3922/5 "2026-01-12T16:21:09Z")
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