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IP Filtering – Incoming

This window allows you to create a filter rule of

Incoming

.

Click

change default policy

to change the mode of policy.

Now default policy is

ACCEPT

, it means all incoming IP traffic from WAN

is accepted, but some IP traffic can be blocked by setting up filters.

If you are setting up the incoming IP filtering, click the

Add

button.

Now default policy is

BLOCK

, it means all incoming IP traffic from WAN is

blocked, but some IP traffic can be accepted by setting up filters.

If you are setting up the incoming IP filtering, click the

Add

button.

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Enter the information in the section. Explanations of parameters are

described below. Click the

Save/Apply

button to add the entry in the

Active Inbound IP Filtering table.

Filters Parameter

Description

Filter Name

Enter a name for the new filter.

Protocol

Select the transport protocol (Any, TCP/UDP, TCP, UDP or ICMP) that will be used for the filter rule.

Select either

IP address

or

Netmask

to show different items.

Source IP Address

Enter the start and end IP address for the range of IP addresses which you are creating the filter

rule.

Select IP Range by

Source IP Address &

Source Subnet Mask

This is the IP address and their associated subnets for which you are creating the filter rule.

Source Port

The Source Port is the TCP/UDP port on either the LAN or WAN depending on if you are configuring an Outbound or

Inbound Filter rule.

Destination Port

The Destination Port is the TCP/UDP port on either the LAN or WAN depending on if you are configuring an Outbound or

Inbound Filter rule.

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Parental Control

Use this window to deny access to specified MAC address.

If you are setting up the MAC address blocking, click the

Add

button.

MAC address is a specially formatted text string (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx) that

uniquely identification of a device. This section will allow users to block

devices with certain MAC addresses on the LAN.

To configure for MAC address blocking, enter the username into the

Username

field, click

Browser’s MAC Address

to have MAC address of

the LAN device, or click

Other MAC Address

and enter a MAC address

manually. Tick the checkboxes for the desired individual days of the week

and enter desired

Start Blocking Time

and

End Blocking Time

.

Click the

Save/Apply

button to save the configuration

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URL Filter

This window allows you to set up

URL

Filter

on the Router.

Choose URL List Type

Exclude

or

Include

first and click

Add

button.

Enter the URL address and port number then click

Save/Apply

to

add the entry to the URL filter.

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Quality of Service

QoS or Quality of Service allows your Router to help prioritize the data packet flow in your Router and network. This is very important for time

sensitive applications such as VoIP where it may help prevent dropped calls. Large amounts of non-critical data can be scaled so as not to affect

these prioritized sensitive real-time programs.

To access the

QoS – Queue Management Configuration

window, click the

Quality of Service

button in the

Advanced Setup

directory.

This window allows you to set up QoS on the Router. When you are

finished, click on the

Save/Apply

button.

Queue Config

Click the

Add

button to add a QoS Queue Configuration table entry.

This window allows you to configure a QoS queue entry and assign it a

specific network interface.

Click the

Save/Apply

button to save and activate the filter.