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6.
Click the Add Device Filtering Rule link:
7.
On the Edit Device Filtering Rule page, enter a rule description – in this example we
will enter ‘FTP and Email’
8.
Enter the IP address or range of addresses of the computer or device on your network
you wish to block traffic on. You can block access on all computers by entering
‘192.168.1.2 ~ 192.168.1.254’ – In this example we will block traffic on the computer
192.168.1.10 only by entering a range of ‘192.168.1.10 ~ 10’
9.
Tick the ‘blocking’ box for the client device services you wish to block. These are the
traffic types (and port numbers) that will be blocked by the access control – in this
example we will select ‘File Transfer’ for FTP and ‘E-mail Sending’ and ‘E-mail Receiving’
for Email.
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10.
Do not change the ‘Schedule Rule’ option, leave it as ‘Always Blocking’ and click Save
Settings:
11.
The access control rule has now been created and enabled and appears in the filtering
table.
12.
You can delete the access control filtering rule at any time by clicking the delete link
next to the rule in the table. You can also change the rule description, client IP address
range or client device services by clicking the edit link.
If you want to block a particular application that is not listed in the ‘client device service’
list, you can do this in the ‘user define service’ section on the Edit Device Filtering Rule
page. You can configure up to 5 different ranges of ports to be blocked for either TCP or UDP
traffic. Please refer to your software instructions or user manual for information on the ports
that are used and need to be blocked. In the example below we have blocked port ranges
200-213 and port 1500 for TCP traffic:
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MAC FILTER
MAC Filtering is a firewall feature that allows you to control which devices are allowed to
access your network and use your Internet connection.
You can define up to 32 separate devices in the MAC filtering table on the router – access is
configured by entering the MAC address of the computer or device into the table or you can
select from a list of devices already connected to your router.
Once a device or number of devices has been added to the table, only those devices can
connect to the router and establish a connection through to the Internet when the MAC
Address Control setting has been enabled. Any device not on the MAC filter list will be unable
to connect to the router.
There are no default MAC filter rules created in the router.
To access the MAC filter page:
1.
Login to the router’s admin pages.
2.
Click on the Advanced Set-Up tab and click Accept on the ‘Please proceed with
caution’ page.
3.
Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu
4.
Click on MAC filter in the left hand navigation menu:
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Description of MAC Filter settings
The table below contains a description of the settings on the MAC Filter page :
Section
Description
MAC Address Control
This setting allows you to specify whether the MAC
Address Control filter has been switched on or off.
Select ‘Enable’ to switch on MAC address control
filtering. You must also create at least one entry in
the MAC Filtering table for you to be able to enable
this setting. When enabled, only those MAC
addresses listed in the filtering table can connect to
the router.
Select ‘Disable’ to switch off MAC address control
filtering. Entries may remain in the MAC Filtering
table, but will not be applied, and any device can
connect to the router.
Line
This value is the index for the MAC Filtering table
entry.
MAC address
This field is used to manually enter the MAC Address
of the devices that are allowed to connect to the
router. You can configure up to 32 different device
MAC Addresses.
The MAC address is a 12-character hexadecimal
code (character 0-9, A-F), and may be found on a
sticker on the body of the device you wish to
connect to the router. If the device is already
connected to the router, you can select the MAC
address from the ‘DHCP Client List’ dropdown.
DHCP Client List
This dropdown allows you to select the MAC address
of a device that is already connected to the router
and add it to the MAC Filtering table by using the
Copy To button (after selecting an index number
from the dropdown).
If you are unsure which MAC address relates to
which device, the Status page will display
connected device by device name and MAC address.
How to set up a MAC filter rule
As an added security feature, you may like to enable the MAC filter on your Bright Box
Wireless Router. This means that only computers/ devices with a MAC address that you
approve can use your Internet connection.
To enable a MAC filter:
1.
Login to the router’s admin pages.
2.
Click on the Advanced Set-Up tab and click Accept on the ‘Please proceed with
caution’ page.
3.
Click on Firewall in the left hand navigation menu to expand the Firewall menu
4.
Click on MAC Filter in the left hand navigation menu
5.
On the ‘MAC Address Control’ option select ‘Enable’:
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6.
Enter the MAC address(s) of the computer(s) or device(s) you wish to allow access to.
7.
The easiest way to do this is to scroll to the bottom of the MAC filter page, locate your
device in the 'DHCP client list', and select Copy To to automatically insert the MAC
address into your chosen field.
8.
Alternatively, you can type the MAC address of the computer or device that you wish to
allow access into the MAC address field:
9.
Click Save Settings:
10.
The MAC Address filter will now be applied. Only the device(s) that you have added to
the MAC address filter table will be able to connect to the router.
If you have created a MAC filter rule, and can no longer connect to the router you may
need to reset your router to factory default settings. To do this, insert a paper clip or pin into
the reset hole on the back of the router for 6 seconds, release the button and then wait
about 5 minutes for the router to re-connect to the Internet.
URL BLOCKING
The URL Blocking feature of the Bright Box router firewall allows you to restrict certain web
sites from being accessed by either all computers, or specific computers or devices on your
home network.
This feature may be useful if you want to block access to particular sites, for example
Facebook from your child’s computer.

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