D-Link DSL-2642B Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Block Website

To access Block Website, point to the

Parental Control

on the left window and click

Block Website

submenu, or click the

Block Website

button in

the Parental Control window.

Use this window to deny access to specified websites.

Click

Add

to see the

Block Website

section. URL (Uniform Resource

Locator) is a specially formatted text string that uniquely defines an

Internet website. This section will allow users to block computers on the

LAN from accessing certain URLs. This may be accomplished by simply

entering the URL to be blocked in the

URL

field.

To configure for URL blocking, enter the website’s address into the

URL

field, click

Schedule Rule

or

Manual Schedule

radio button. For

Schedule Rule, select a rule in the drop down list. Rules in the list can be

configured in

Advanced

->

Schedules

. For manual Schedule configure

as follows. Use the radio buttons to click the desired

Day(s)

, either

All

Week

or

Select Day(s)

(in which case you must tick the checkboxes for

the desired individual days of the week), select the desired

Start Time

and

End Time

or tick the

All Day – 24 hrs

checkbox, and then click the

Block Website

button.

Click the

Apply

button to see the configured URL blocking entry is

displayed in the Block Website.

To remove a Blocked URL entry in the table, click the corresponding

button. To modify a table entry, click the corresponding

button, make

the desired changes, and then click the

Apply

button.

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Block MAC Address

To access Block MAC Address, point to the

Parental Control

on the left window and click

Block MAC Address

submenu, or click the

Block MAC

Address

button in the Parental Control window.

Use this window to deny access to specified MAC address.

Click

Add

to see the

Time of Day Restriction

section. 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

Current PC’s Mac Address

to have MAC

address of current computer, or click

Other MAC Address

and enter a

MAC address manually. Click

Schedule Rule

or

Manual Schedule

radio button to configure the time schedule. For Schedule Rule, select a

rule in the drop down list. Rules in the list can be configured in

Advanced

->

Schedules

. For manual Schedule configure as follows.

Use the radio buttons to click the desired

Day(s)

, either

All Week

or

Select Day(s)

(in which case you must tick the checkboxes for the

desired individual days of the week), select the desired

Start Time

and

End Time

or tick the

All Day – 24 hrs

checkbox, and then click the

Block Website

button.

Click the

Apply

button to see the configured URL blocking entry is

displayed in the Block Website.

To remove a Blocked URL entry in the table, click the corresponding

button. To modify a table entry, click the corresponding

button, make

the desired changes, and then click the

Apply

button.

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Filtering Options

To access the Filtering Options window, click the

Filtering Options

button in the

Advanced

directory.

It has three subcategories:

Inbound Filtering

,

Outbound Filtering

and

Bridge Filtering

. You can either point to the

Filtering Options

on the

left window and click one of the submenus, or click one of the buttons in

the Filtering Options window.

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Inbound Filtering

To access Inbound Filtering, point to the

Filtering Options

on the left window and click

Inbound IP Filtering

submenu, or click the

Inbound IP

Filtering

button in the Filtering Options window.

The Inbound Filter allows you to create a filter rule to allow incoming IP

traffic by specifying a filter name and at least one condition on this

window. All of the specified conditions in this filter rule must be satisfied

for the rule to take effect. By default, all incoming IP traffic from the

Internet is blocked when the firewall is enabled.

Click the

Add

button to see the Add Inbound IP Filtering section, enter

the information in the section. Explanations of parameters are described

below. Click the

Apply

button to add the entry in the Active Inbound IP

Filtering table. To remove an entry in the table, click the corresponding

button. To modify a table entry, click the corresponding

button,

make the desired changes, and then click the

Apply

button.

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Filters

Description

Parameter

Filter Name

Enter a name for the new filter.

Protocol

Select the transport protocol (

TCP and UDP

,

TCP

,

UDP

,

ICMP

or

Any

) that will be used for the filter rule.

Select either

Single IP, Network IP

or

IP Range

to

show different items.

Source/Destination

IP Address

This is the single IP address

which you are creating the filter

rule.

Source/

Destination

IP Type

Source/Destination

IP Address &

Source/Destination

Subnet Mask

This is the Network IP address

and its associated subnet for

which you are creating the filter

rule.

Start/End

Source/Destination

IP Address

Enter the start and end IP address

for the range of IP addresses

which you are creating the filter

rule.

Source/

Destination

Port

The Source/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.

WAN

Interface

Select the WAN interfaces you want to apply for this

rule.

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