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That's a fair point, thanks for weighing in.

I haven't tried anything as I simply wanted to know if it is possible before I invest many hours getting into OPN-sense.  The docs don't mention being able to import a text list so I optimistically thought to ask here.

A simple yes/no would have been enough, as I could then decide whether to go down the rabbit hole, or look elsewhere, or even stay with what I already have though it is getting old.

If anybody else is interested, it appears that the answer is - No, you can't just import a text file of IPs/ranges to block.

You can do stuff like blocklist lookups etc, probably similar to RBL as used for blocking email senders, but I don't see the point in a router that has to keep looking stuff up for each packet on a remote server.

Any constructive comments appreciated.

Thanks Bill.  I have spent a fair while searching, found a lot of babble but not a clear and concise answer which I was hoping to find here.

Good to see that last century RTFM answers are still allowed.  Or not good.

Edit.  Apologies if that was a bit snarky.  Upon reflection I have been very spoiled on a couple of tech forums that I use and contribute too where people are happy to help as much as they can.

Newbie alert!    I haven't gotten very far yet as the docs appeared to be a fair bit behind when I last looked.

Can I import a text list of IPs and IP ranges to be blocklisted?

As I have built a large list of problem IP's over the last 20 years, I have no desire to do any kind of rule making procedure to enter each one individually.

I would also like to update the list from time to time.

Thanks for any advice or suggestions.