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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 DI-624M. 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 public ports associated

with the trigger port to open them for inbound traffic.

The DI-624M provides some predefined applications in the table on the bottom of the

web page. Select the application you want to use and enable it.

Note: Only one PC can use each Special Application tunnel.

This is the name referencing the special application.

This is the port used to trigger the application. It can be either a

single port or a range of ports.

This is the protocol used to trigger the special application.

This is the port number on the WAN 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.

This is the protocol used to trigger the special application.

Name:

Trigger Port:

Trigger Type:

Public Port:

Public Type:

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Filters

Filters are used to deny or allow LAN (Local Area Network) computers from accessing

the Internet. The DI-624M can be setup to deny internal computers by their IP or MAC

addresses. The DI-624M can also block users from accessing restricted Web sites.

Use IP Filters to deny LAN IP addresses from accessing the

Internet. You can deny specific port numbers or all ports for the

specific IP address.

The IP address of the LAN computer that will be denied access

to the Internet.

The single port or port range that will be denied access to the

Internet.

Select the protocol type.

This is the schedule of time when the IP Filter will be enabled.

IP Filters

IP Filters:

IP:

Port:

Protocol Type:

Schedule:

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MAC Filters

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.

Select the filter you wish to use; in this case,

MAC filters

was

chosen.

Choose

Disable

MAC filters;

allow

MAC addresses listed

below;

or

deny

MAC addresses listed below.

Enter the name here.

Enter the MAC Address.

Select a DHCP client from the pull-down list; click

Clone

to

copy that MAC Address.

Filters:

MAC Filters:

Name:

MAC Address:

DHCP Client:

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URL Blocking is used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites by the

URL. A URL is a specially formatted text string that defines a location on the Internet. If

any part of the URL contains the blocked word, the site will not be accessible and the

web page will not display. To use this feature, enter the text string to be blocked

and

click

Apply

.

The text to be blocked

will appear in the list. To delete the text, just highlight

it and click

Delete

.

Select the filter you wish to use; in this case,

URL Blocking

was chosen.

Select

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

Block URLs which contain keywords listed below. Enter the

keywords in this space.

Parental Control

URL Blocking

Parental Control

Filters:

URL Blocking:

Keywords:

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Domain Blocking

Domain Blocking is used to allow or deny LAN (Local Area Network) computers from

accessing specific domains on the Internet. Domain blocking will deny all requests to a

specific domain such as http and ftp. It can also allow computers to access specific

sites and deny all other sites.

Select the filter you wish to use; in this case,

Domain Blocking

was chosen.

Disabled: Select

Disabled

to disable

Domain Blocking

.

Allow: Allows users to access all domains except

Blocked

Domains

.

Deny: Denies users

access to

all domains except

Permitted

Domains

.

Enter the

Permitted Domains

in this field.

Enter the

Blocked Domains

in this field.

Parental

ControlFilters:

Domain Blocking:

Permitted

Domains:

Blocked Domains: