URL Blocking

URL Blocking

will block LAN computers to connect to pre-define 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

Check 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

Check 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, but the action will be record in log-file

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

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

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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 and

wireless clients 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.

Control table

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"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.

Expected IP address of the corresponding client. Keep it empty if you don't care its IP address.

IP Address

When "

Connection control

" is checked, check "

C

" will allow the corresponding client to connect

to this device.

C

When "

Association control

" is checked, check "

A

" will allow the corresponding client to

associate to the wireless LAN.

A

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.

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In this scenario, there are three clients listed in the Control Table. Clients 1 and 2 are wireless, and

client 3 is wired.

1. The "MAC Address Control" function is enabled.

2."Connection control" is enabled, and all of the wired and wireless clients not listed in the "Control

table" are "allowed" to connect to this device.

3."Association control" is enabled, and all of the wireless clients not listed in the "Control table" are

"denied" to associate to the wireless LAN.

4. Clients 1 and 3 have fixed IP address either from the DHCP server of this device or manually

assigned:

ID 1 - "00-12-34-56-78-90" --> 192.168.12.100 ID 3 - "00-98-76-54-32-10" --> 192.168.12.101

Client 2 will obtain its IP address from the IP Address pool specified in the "DHCP Server" page or

can use a manually assigned static IP address.

If, for example, client 3 tries to use an IP address different from the address listed in the Control

table (192.168.12.101), it will be denied to connect to this device.

5. Clients 2 and 3 and other wired clients with a MAC address unspecified in the Control table are all

allowed to connect to this device. But client 1 is denied to connect to this device.

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