WR1500N

150Mbps Wireless N Router

Figure 4-32

Add or Modify a Port Triggering Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Click the

Enable All

button to make all entries enabled.

Click the

Disabled All

button to make all entries disabled.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.



Note:

1.

When the trigger connection is released, the corresponding opening ports will be closed.

2.

Each rule is allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously. The trigger

connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused.

3.

Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other.

4.8.3 DMZ

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

DMZ

”, you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen as

shown in Figure 4-33. The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for

a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all

the ports at the same time. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client

function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its IP Address

may be changed when using the DHCP function.

Figure 4-33

DMZ

To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server:

1.

Check the

Enable

radio button.

2.

Enter the IP Address of a local host in the

DMZ Host IP Address

field.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

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

Note:

After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not work.

4.8.4 UPnP

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

UPnP

”, you can view the information about

UPnP

(Universal Plug

and Play) in the screen as shown in Figure 4-34. The UPnP feature allows the devices, such as

Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can

be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

Figure 4-34

UPnP



Current UPnP Status -

UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the

Enable

or

Disable

button.



Current UPnP Settings List -

This table displays the current UPnP information.



App Description -

The description provided by the application in the UPnP request.



External Port

-

The external port the Router opens for the application.



Protocol -

The type of protocol the Router opens for the application.



Internal Port

-

The Internal port the Router opens for local host.



IP Address

-

The IP address of the UPnP device that is currently accessing the Router.



Status -

The status of the port is displayed here. “Enabled” means that the port is still

active. Otherwise, the port is inactive.

Click

Refresh

to update the Current UPnP Settings List.

4.9 Security

Figure 4-35

The Security menu

There are six submenus under the Security menu:

Basic Security

,

Advanced Security

,

Local

Security

and

Remote Management.

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the

corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

4.9.1 Advanced Security

Choose menu “

Security

→

Advanced Security

”, you can protect the Router from being

attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood in the screen as shown in Figure 4-36.

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Figure 4-36

Advanced Security



Packets Statistics Interval (5~60) -

The default value is 10. Select a value between 5 and

60 seconds from the drop-down list. The Packets Statistics Interval value indicates the time

section of the packets statistics. The result of the statistics is used for analysis by SYN Flood,

UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood.



DoS protection -

Denial of Service protection. Check the Enable or Disable button to enable

or disable the DoS protection function. Only when it is enabled, will the flood filters be

enabled.



Note:

Dos Protection will take effect only when the

Traffic Statistics

in “

System Tool

→

Traffic

Statistics

” is enabled.



Enable ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering

-

Enable or Disable the ICMP-FLOOD Attack

Filtering.



ICMP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600)

-

The default value is 50. Enter a value

between 5

~

3600. When the current ICMP-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value,

the Router will startup the blocking function immediately.



Enable UDP-FLOOD Filtering

-

Enable or Disable the UDP-FLOOD Filtering.



UDP-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600)

-

The default value is 500. Enter a value between

5

~

3600. When the current UPD-FLOOD Packets number is beyond the set value, the Router

will startup the blocking function immediately.



Enable TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack Filtering

-

Enable or Disable the TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack

Filtering.



TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600)

-

The default value is 50. Enter a value

between 5

~

3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set

value, the Router will startup the blocking function immediately.

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

Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port

-

Enable or Disable Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port.

The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the

Router.



Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port

-

Enable or Disable Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port.

The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from LAN cannot access the

Router. This function can be used to defend against some viruses.

Click the

Save

button to save the settings.

Click the

Blocked DoS Host List

button to display the DoS host table by blocking.

4.9.2 Remote Management

Choose menu “

Security

→

Remote Management

”, you can configure the Remote Management

function in the screen as shown in Figure 4-37. This feature allows you to manage your Router

from a remote location via the Internet.

Figure 4-37

Remote Management



Web Management Port -

Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service

port 80. This Router's default remote management web port number is 80. For greater

security, you can change the remote management web port to a custom port by entering that

number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1 and 65534 but do not use the

number of any common service port.



Remote Management IP Address

-

This is the current address you will use when accessing

your Router from the Internet. This function is disabled when the IP address is set to the

default value of 0.0.0.0. To enable this function change 0.0.0.0 to a valid IP address. If set to

255.255.255.255, then all the hosts can access the Router from internet.



Note:

1.

To access the Router, you should type your Router's WAN IP address into your browser's

address (in IE) or Location (in Navigator) box, followed by a colon and the custom port

number. For example, if your Router's WAN address is 202.96.12.8, and the port number

used is 8080, please enter

in your browser. Later, you may be asked

for the Router's password. After successfully entering the username and password, you will

be able to access the Router's web-based utility.

2.

Be sure to change the Router's default password to a very secure password

.

4.10 Advanced Routing

Choose menu “

Advanced Routing

”, and you can configure the static route in the next screen,

shown in Figure 4-38. A static route is a pre-determined path that network information must travel

to reach a specific host or network.

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Figure 4-38

Static Routing

To add static routing entries, follow the steps below.

1.

Click

Add New…

shown in Figure 4-38, you will see the following screen Figure 4-39.

Figure 4-39

Add or Modify a Static Route Entry

2.

Enter the following data.



Destination IP Address

-

The

Destination IP Address

is the address of the network or host

that you want to assign to a static route.



Subnet Mask

-

The

Subnet Mask

determines which portion of an IP Address is the network

portion, and which portion is the host portion.



Gateway

-

This is the IP Address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the

Router and the network or host.

3.

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

for this entry on the

Status

drop-down list.

4.

Click the

Save

button to make the entry take effect.

Click the

Delete

button to delete the entry.

Click the

Enable All

button to enable all the entries.

Click the

Disable All

button to disable all the entries.

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all the entries.

Click the

Previous

button to view the information in the previous screen, click the

Next

button to

view the information in the next screen.

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