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Example:

In this example:

1. URL include “www.msn.com” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file.

2. URL include “www.sina.com” will not be blocked, but the action will be record in log-file.

3. URL include “www.google.com” will be blocked, but the action will not be record in log-file.

4.

IP address X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.20 can access network without restriction.

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4.6.3 URL Blocking

URL Blocking

will block LAN computers to connect to pre-defined Websites.

The major difference between “Domain filter” and “URL Blocking” is Domain filter require user to

input suffix (like .com or .org, etc), while URL Blocking require user to input a keyword only. In other

words, Domain filter can block specific website, while URL Blocking can block hundreds of websites

by simply a

keyword

.

URL Blocking Enable

Checked if you want to enable URL Blocking.

URL

If any part of the Website's URL matches the pre-defined word, the connection will be blocked.

For example, you can use pre-defined word "sex" to block all websites if their URLs contain

pre-defined word "sex".

Enable

Checked to enable each rule.

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In this example:

1.URL include “msn” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file.

2.URL include “sina” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file

3.URL include “cnnsi” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file.

4. URL include “espn” will be blocked, and the action will be record in log-file

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4.6.4 MAC Address Control

MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a

specific IP address to a certain MAC address.

MAC Address Control

Check “Enable” to enable the “MAC Address Control”. All of the

settings in this page will take effect only when “Enable” is checked.

Connection control

Check "Connection control" to enable the controlling of which wired can

connect to this device. If a client is denied to connect to this device, it

means the client can't access to the Internet either. Choose "allow" or

"deny" to allow or deny the clients, whose MAC addresses are not in the

"Control table" (please see below), to connect to this device.

Association control

Check "Association control" to enable the controlling of which wireless

client can associate to the wireless LAN. If a client is

denied to associate to

the wireless LAN, it means the client can't send or receive any data via this

device. Choose "allow" or "deny" to allow or deny the clients, whose MAC

addresses are not in the "Control table", to associate to the wireless LAN.

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Control table

"Control table" is the table at the bottom of the "MAC Address Control"

page. Each row of this table indicates the MAC address and the expected

IP address mapping of a client. There are four columns in this table:

MAC Address

MAC address indicates a specific client.

IP Address

Expected IP address of the corresponding

client. Keep it empty if you don't care its IP

address.

C

When "

Connection control

" is checked,

check "

C

" will allow the corresponding client

to connect to this device.

A

When "

Association control

" is checked,

check "

A

" will allow the corresponding client

to associate to the wireless LAN.

In this page, we provide the following Combobox and button to help you to input the MAC address.

You can select a specific client in the “DHCP clients” Combobox, and then click on the “Copy to”

button to copy the MAC address of the client you select to the ID selected in the “ID” Combobox.

Previous page and Next Page

To make this setup page simple and clear, we have divided the

“Control table” into several pages. You can use these buttons to

navigate to different pages.