HG232f 300Mbps Wireless Router

User Guide

5 Configuring Frequently Used Functions

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Through the MAC address filtering function of the router, the preceding requirements

can be met after you enter the MAC addresses of the computers to be controlled.

The MAC address filtering function controls the option of whether to allow a computer

connected to the router to access the Internet. The wireless MAC filtering function controls

the option of whether to allow a computer to be connected to the router through a wireless

network.

Configuration Example

If you buy a computer for a young child and wish to restrict the Internet access period of

the child for all periods except 19:00 to 20:00 each evening while preventing your own

computer from being restricted, you can use the blacklist mode of the MAC address

filtering function.

Suppose the MAC address of the computer of your child is

00:11:09:11:04:DD

.

You need to create the following two filtering rules:



Rule 1: From 00:00 to 18:59 each day, restrict the computer whose MAC address is

00:11:09:11:04:DD

from accessing the Internet. The name of this rule is

rule1

.



Rule 2: From 19:59 to 23:59 each day, restrict the computer whose MAC address is

00:11:09:11:04:DD

from accessing the Internet. The name of this rule is

rule2

.

The configuration procedure is as follows:

Step 1

Log in to the web-based configuration utility.

Step 2

In the navigation tree, choose

Advanced

>

SNTP

.

The network time configuration page is then displayed.

Step 3

Select

Enable auto synchronization with network time

.

Step 4

Select a time service address for

Time server 1

.

For example, you can select

clock.fmt.he.net

.

Step 5

Select your time zone for

Time zone

.

For example, if you are in China, you can select

(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing,

Hong Kong, Urumqi

.

Step 6

Click

Submit

.

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Step 7

In the navigation tree, choose

Advanced

>

Filter

The filter page is then displayed.

Step 8

Click

MAC Filter

.

Step 9

Click

New

.

Step 10

Set the following parameters based on rule 1.



Rule name: rule1



Source MAC address: 00:11:09:11:04:DD



Time control: Enable



Start time: 00:00



End time: 18:59



Effective day: Select from Monday to Sunday.



Status: Reject

Step 11

Click

Submit

.

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Step 12

Click

New

.

Step 13

Set the following parameters based on rule 2.



Rule name: rule2



Source MAC address: 00:11:09:11:04:DD



Time control: Enable



Start time: 19:59



End time: 23:59



Effective day: Select from Monday to Sunday.



Status: Reject

Step 14

Click

Submit

.

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To delete a rule, select the desired rule from the rule list. In the

Remove

column, select the

rule, and then click

Remove

.

5.5 Prohibiting Computers from Accessing Specified

Web Sites

Function Overview

You can restrict computers from accessing specified web sites or restrict computers to

access only specified web sites.

Through the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) filtering function of the router, the

preceding requirements can be met after you enter the addresses of the web sites to be

controlled.

Configuration Example

If the contents of the web site

www.*.com

(* indicates any domain name that you specify)

are not suitable for browsing and you wish to prevent your family from browsing this

web site, you can use the URL filtering function to prohibit this web site from being

accessed.

The configuration procedure is as follows:

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Step 1

Log in to the web-based configuration utility.

Step 2

In the navigation tree, choose

Advanced

>

Filter

The filter page is then displayed.

Step 3

Click

URL Filter

.

Step 4

Click

New

.

Step 5

In

URL

, enter

www.*.com

.

Step 6

Select

Reject

for

Status

.

Step 7

Click

Submit

.

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To delete a rule, select the desired rule from the rule list. In the

Remove

column, select the

rule, and then click

Remove

.

5.6 Setting the Available Bandwidth of a Computer

Function Overview

The router provides traffic management function to control the bandwidth used by a

computer for accessing the Internet. Through different bandwidth control rules, the

router can implement the following bandwidth control functions:



Ensuring the bandwidth used by a specified computer for accessing the Internet is

not less than a specified bandwidth so that the computer can access the Internet at a

required rate



Restricting the bandwidth used by a specified computer for accessing the Internet to

a specified bandwidth so that this computer cannot use excessive bandwidth and the

Internet access rates of other computer s are not affected

You can configure a maximum of eight bandwidth control rules for eight computer s. The

eight computer s can be connected to the router through a wired Ethernet network or a

WLAN.