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Access Control

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.

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.

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Select the filtering method and then click

Next

to continue.

If you selected

Apply Advanced Port Filters

, then enter the rule:

Enable

- Check to enable the rule.

Name

- Enter a name for your rule.

Dest IP Start

- Enter the starting IP address.

Dest IP End

- Enter the ending IP address.

Protocol

- Select the protocol.

Dest Port Start

- Enter the starting port number.

Dest Port End

- Enter the ending port number.

To enable web logging, click

Enable

.

Click

Save

to save the access control rule.

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Website Filters are used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites by the URL or domain. 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

Save Settings

. The text to be blocked will appear in the list. To delete the

text, click

Clear the List Below

.

Website Filters

Select

Allow

or

Deny

.

Enter the keywords or URLs that you want to allow

or deny. Click

Save Settings

.

Configure Website Filter

Below:

Website URL/Domain:

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Enter a name for the inbound filter rule.

Select

Allow

or

Deny

.

Check to enable rule.

Enter the starting IP address. Enter 0.0.0.0 if you do not want

to specify an IP range.

Enter the ending IP address. Enter 255.255.255.255 if you do

not want to specify and IP range.

Click the

Add

button to add the rule. You must click

Save

Settings

at the top to save the settings.

This section will list any rules that are created. You may click

the

Edit

icon to change the settings or enable/disable the

rule, or click the

Delete

icon to remove the rule.

Name:

Action:

Enable:

Source IP Start:

Source IP End:

Add:

Inbound Filter

Rules List:

The Inbound Filter option is an advanced method of controlling data received from the Internet. With this feature you can configure inbound

data filtering rules that control data based on an IP address range. Inbound Filters can be used with Virtual Server, Port Forwarding, or Remote

Administration features.

Inbound Filters