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Note:
After you check the
radio button in the
‘Enable or disable
Firewall features’ field,
you must click the ‘SAVE
SETTINGS’ button to
display the list of firewall
features.
Security Settings (Firewall)
The router’s firewall enables access control of client PCs, blocks common hacker attacks, including IP
Spoofing, Land Attack, Ping of Death, IP with zero length, Smurf Attack, UDP port loopback, Snork Attack, TCP
null scan, and TCP SYN f looding. The firewall does not significantly affect system performance and we advise
leaving it enabled to protect your network.
You can select a pre-defined firewall level from the drop down list Available options are High, Medium, Low Level
& User Defined. Select User Defined to manually adjust the firewall settings.
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Access Control
Access Control allows users to define the outgoing traffic permitted or not-permitted through the WAN
interface. In the example above, all incoming and outgoing emails are blocked. The default is to permit all
outgoing traffic (see the following page for details).
The router can also limit the access of hosts within the local area network (LAN).The MAC Filtering Table allows
the router to enter up to 32 MAC addresses that are not allowed access to the WAN port. The following items
are displayed on the Access Control.
Parameter Description
Enable Filtering:
Enables or disables the filtering function.
Normal Filtering Table:
Displays the IP address (or an IP address range) filtering table.
Click ‘Add PC’ on the Access Control screen to view the following page.
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Access Control Add PC
The settings in the screen shot below will block all email sending and receiving.
Define the appropriate settings for client PC services (as shown above). Click ‘OK’ to save your settings. The
added PC will now appear in the Access Control page.
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MAC Filter
Use this page to block access to your network using MAC addresses.
The router can also limit the access of hosts within the local area network (LAN). The MAC Filtering Table allows
the router to enter up to 32 MAC addresses that are allowed access to the WAN port. All other devices will be
denied access.
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URL Blocking
To configure the URL Blocking feature, use the table below to specify the web sites (www somesite.com) and/
or keywords you want to filter on your network
To complete this configuration, you will need to create or modify an access rule in ‘Access Control’. To modify an
existing rule, click the Edit option next to the rule you want to modify. To create a new rule, click on the Add PC
option.
From the Access Control Page, Add PC section, check the option for ‘WWW with URL Blocking’ in the Client PC
Service table to filter out the web sites and keywords selected below, on a specific PC.
The router allows the user to block access to web sites from a particular PC by entering either a full URL address
or just a keyword. This feature can be used to protect children from accessing violent or pornographic web
sites.
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