Please, I'm not an expert here but I need some guidance. I have noticed that whenever I add "drop all other traffic" on the forward chain, It cuts off my internet.

add action=drop chain=forward comment="Drop all other Traffic on the Foward Chain." disabled=no

However if I add the line below above the "DROP ALL" rules, I get my internet back. However, is the rules below even SAFE?

add action=accept chain=forward comment="allow internet traffic" in-interface-list=LAN out-interface-list=WAN


OR if I modified the DROP rules to either :

add action=drop chain=forward comment="Drop all other Traffic on the Foward Chain." in-interface = ether1


add action=drop chain=forward comment="Drop all other Traffic on the Foward Chain." in-interface-list = !LAN

To understand why you need to understand how the firewall works. you can use the already available to you help documents from mikrotik to find the answer and pay special attention to here.

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