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On this page, you can view the AP’s driver version and MAC address.
5.6
Firewall
The following figure shows the navigation menu of
Firewall
:
Firewall is an advanced setting, which is used to block or allow the data packets that
pass through the AP. The sub-menus of the
Firewall
include
Filtering
,
Forward
,
DMZ
,
System Security
, and
Content Filtering
.
5.6.1
Filtering
Click
Firewall
>
Filtering
to display the
MAC/IP/Port Filtering Settings
page.
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Basic Settings
The parameters of
Basic Settings
are described as follows:
Field
Description
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Field
Description
MAC/IP/Port
Filtering
Enable or disable MAC/IP/Port filtering. The
default setting is
Disable
.
Default Policy
By default, AP will accept all the packets that do
not match any rule.
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MAC/IP/Port Filter Settings
The filter modes of
MAC/IP/Port Filter Settings
are described as follows:
Filter Mode
Description
MAC Filter
MAC filter can block the hosts on the local
network to access the Internet.
IP Filter
IP filter can block a user on the LAN to access the
Internet.
Port Filter
Port filter can block certain ports of the IP
addresses or the traffic of all the ports.
On this page, the maximum rule number you can add is 32.
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When the data packets match the following parameters, the data packets will be
discarded.
The parameters of
MAC/IP/Port Filter Settings
are described as follows:
Field
Description
MAC Address
The MAC addresses included in the data packets.
It can be a destination MAC address or a source
MAC address.
Dest IP Address
The destination IP address.
Source IP Address
The source IP address.
Protocol
The protocol types of data packets, includes
TCP
,
UDP
, and
ICMP
.
Dest Port Range
The destination port range is 1~65535.
Source Port Range
The source port range is 1~65535.
Action
Select
Accept
or
Drop
.
Comment
Comment about the rule.
Note:
You should set at least a parameter above, or you may set several parameters or all
the parameters above.
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Current MAC/IP/Port Filtering Rules in System
The figure above shows the current rules in the system.
5.6.2
Virtual Server
Firewall can prevent unexpected traffic on the Internet from your host on the LAN.
The virtual server can create a channel that can pass through the firewall. In that case,
the host on the Internet can communicate with a host on your LAN within certain port
range.
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