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Enter a name for the rule. You may select a

pre-defined application from the drop-down

menu and click

<<

.

This is the port used to trigger the application. It

can be either a single port or a range of ports.

Select the protocol of the trigger port (TCP,

UDP, or Both).

This is the port number on the Internet side

that will be used to access the application. You

may define a single port or a range of ports.

You can use a comma to add multiple ports or

port ranges.

Select the protocol of the firewall port (TCP,

UDP, or Both).

The schedule of time when the Application Rule

will be enabled. The schedule may be set to

Always, which will allow the particular service

to always be enabled. You can create your own

times in the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Name:

Trigger:

Traffic Type:

Firewall:

Traffic Type:

Schedule:

Application Rules

Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and

others. These applications have difficulties working through NAT (Network Address Translation). Special Applications

makes some of these applications work with the FR-300RTR. If you need to run applications that require multiple

connections, specify the port normally associated with an application in the “Trigger Port” field, select the protocol type

as TCP or UDP, then enter the firewall (public) ports associated with the trigger port to open them for inbound traffic.

The FR-300RTR provides some predefined applications in the table on the bottom of the web page. Select the application

you want to use and enable it.

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QoS Engine

Enable this option for better performance

and experience with online games and other

interactive applications, such as VoIP. Uncheck

to disable this option.

This option is enabled by default when the QoS

Engine option is enabled. This option will allow

your router to automatically determine the uplink

speed of your Internet connection.

This displays the detected uplink speed.

The speed at which data can be transferred from

the router to your ISP. This is determined by your ISP. ISP’s often speed as a download/upload pair. For example, 1.5Mbits/

284Kbits. Using this example, you would enter 284. Alternatively you can test your uplink speed with a service such as www.

dslreports.com.

Enable QOS

Engine:

Automatic Uplink

Speed:

Measured Uplink

Speed:

Manual Uplink

Speed:

The QoS Engine option helps improve your network gaming performance by prioritizing applications. By default the

QoS Engine settings are enabled.

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Network Filters

Select Turn MAC Filtering Off, allow MAC

addresses listed below, or deny MAC addresses

listed below from the drop-down menu.

Enter the MAC address you would like to filter.

To find the MAC address on a computer, please

refer to the Networking Basics section in this

manual.

Select a DHCP client from the drop-down menu

and click

<<

to copy that MAC Address.

Configure MAC

Filtering:

MAC Address:

DHCP Client:

Use MAC (Media Access Control) Filters to allow or deny LAN (Local Area Network) computers by their MAC addresses

from accessing the Network. You can either manually add a MAC address or select the MAC address from the list of

clients that are currently connected to the Broadband Router.

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Access Control

Check the

Enable.Access.Control

check box

and click the

Add.Policy

button to start the

Access.Control.Wizard

.

Add Policy:

The Access Control section allows you to control access in and out of your network. Use this feature as Parental Controls

to only grant access to approved sites, limit web access based on time or dates, and/or block access from applications

like P2P utilities or games.

Click

Next

to continue with the wizard.

Access Control Wizard

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Enter a name for the policy and then click

Next

to continue.

Access Control Wizard (continued)

Select a schedule (I.E. Always) from the drop-down menu

and then click

Next

to continue.

Enter the following information and then click

Next

to

continue.

• Address Type - Select IP address, MAC address, or

Other Machines.

• IP Address - Enter the IP address of the computer

you want to apply the rule to.