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Screen- Customize IPS Signatures

6. Click

Apply

to save changes.

•

What is Port Forwarding? How can I configure port forwarding in NetGenie?

Port forwarding is useful when you want to keep unwanted traffic away from your network. It

allows you to use one IP address for all external Internet communications and hosting multiple

servers (Web, FTP and Gaming) with different IPs and ports internally. It will hide service(s)

running on your network.

To configure port forwarding in NetGenie,

1.

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials.

2. Go to

Security

→

Port Forwarding

.

3.

Specify application name for which you want to create port forwarding rule.

4.

Specify start and end ports for the application.

5.

Specify IP address of the server where the application is hosted.

6. Click

Add Service

to create port forwarding rule.

Screen - Port Forwarding

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Screen- Port Forwarding Rule

7.

Select the checkbox “application name” if you want to delete the application and click

Apply

.

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Can I access NetGenie over Internet?

Pre-requisite:

You must know public IP address of your network provided by your ISP in order to access

NetGenie over Internet.

Yes, you can access your NetGenie appliance over Internet. Please follow given below steps:

1.

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials.

2. Go to

System

→

NetGenie Access

.

3.

Click checkbox against ‘Enable Access from Internet’.

4. Click

Apply

to save changes.

Screen- NetGenie Access

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5.

Use your Internet IP address (public IP address provided by your ISP) to access NetGenie

over Internet. Please remember that if your Internet connection type is set to DHCP from

Network Settings

→

Internet

then you will need to select your DNS server as Dynamic

DNS from

Network Settings

→

Dynamic DNS

and register your public IP address with

the Dynamic DNS provider.

Screen- Dynamic DNS

•

Is there any single page from where I can get the complete network overview?

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials and go to

Network Settings

→

Overview.

This page displays following details of NetGenie network:

Internet

•

Protocol Type – Internet connection type. Possible protocol types are

±

DHCP

±

Static

±

PPPoE

±

USB Modem

•

IP Address – WAN IP address of NetGenie appliance with Renew button (in case of DHCP

Internet connection type).

•

Network Mask – Network mask IP address

•

Gateway – IP address of NetGenie gateway

•

Primary DNS Server

– IP address of primary DNS server

•

Secondary DNS Server

– IP address of secondary DNS server

•

Received – Amount of data received (in packets and KB) by NetGenie over WAN

•

Transmitted – Amount of data transmitted (in packets and KB) through NetGenie over WAN

Local Network

•

IP Address – LAN IP address of NetGenie appliance

•

Network Mask – Network mask IP address

•

DHCP Server – Status of DHCP server. Possible status:

±

On

±

Off

•

Received – Amount of data received (in packets and KB) by NetGenie over LAN

•

Transmitted – Amount of data transmitted (in packets and KB) through NetGenie over LAN

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Screen- Network Overview

•

I want to change the default IP address of my NetGenie appliance, can I do it?

Yes, you can change the default LAN IP address of your NetGenie appliance. To do it,

1.

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials.

2. Go to

Network Settings

→

Local Network.

3.

Specify a new IP address for your NetGenie appliance.

4.

Select checkbox against ‘Enable DHCP server’ if you want NetGenie to lease IP addresses to

multiple devices.

5.

Specify the number of IP addresses to be leased by NetGenie.

6. Click

Apply

to save changes.

Screen- Local Network

•

Why do I need to clone the MAC address of my router?

When you want to add a router/switch to your Internet connection, you will need to clone your

MAC address. This is done because some ISPs tie your MAC address to their DHCP server so

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making any changes to the router leads to chances that the ISP will not allow you to surf the

Internet since the MAC address listed in the ISP list will be different from that of your new router.

We recommended you to clone the MAC address in order to ensure uninterrupted connectivity.

The given steps below enable you to clone the MAC address of your router:

1.

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials.

2. Go to

Network Settings

→

Internet.

3.

Select any Internet connection types and fill up the required details.

4.

Enable ‘MAC address clone’ option and specify the MAC address to be cloned.

5. Click

Apply

to save changes.

Screen- MAC Cloning

•

I want to allow all TCP traffic passing through port 80, can I do so?

Yes, you can allow or block TCP or UDP traffic over any specific port or port range.

1.

Log in to NetGenie with administrator credentials.

2. Go to

Security

→

Firewall

.

3.

Specify direction of the traffic as LAN to WAN.

4.

Specify Source Address and Destination Address as ‘Any’.

5.

Select protocol as TCP from dropdown.

6.

Select Destination Port as ‘Range’ and specify port number as 80.

7.

Select action item as ‘Accept’.

8.

Select check-box against Log to enable logging for this rule.

9.

Specify description, if required.

10. Click

Add Rule

to save changes.

Screen- LAN to WAN Firewall Rule

11. Create another rule with following parameters:

•

Direction – WAN to LAN

•

Protocol – TCP

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