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X6 AC3200
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WiFi
Router
Manage Network Access Control Lists
You can use access control to block or allow access to your network.
To manage devices that are allowed or blocked:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Security > Access Control
.
5.
Click the
View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network
link.
The list displays.
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6.
Select the check box for a device.
7.
Use the
Add
button,
Edit
button, and
Remove from the List
button as needed.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes take effect.
Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites
You can use keywords to block certain Internet sites from your network. You can use blocking
all the time or based on a schedule.
To block Internet sites:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Security >
Block Sites
.
5.
Select a keyword blocking option:
Per Schedule
. Turn on keyword blocking according to ta schedule that you set. (See
Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services
on page
50.)
Always
. Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen.
6.
In the
keyword
field, enter a keyword or domain that you want to block.
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For example:
Specify .com if you want to allow only sites with domain suffixes such as .edu or .gov.
Enter a period (
.
) to block all Internet browsing access.
7.
Click the
Add Keyword
button.
The keyword is added to the keyword list. The keyword list supports up to 32 entries.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Keyword blocking takes effect.
Delete Keywords from the List to Be Blocked
To delete keywords from the list:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
http://routerlogin.net
or
http://routerlogin.com
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
admin
. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Security >
Block Sites
.
5.
Do one of the following:
To delete a single word, select it and click the
Delete Keyword
button.
The keyword is removed from the list.
To delete all keywords on the list, click the
Clear List
button.
All keywords are removed from the list.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Block Services from the Internet
You can block Internet services on your network based on the type of service. You can block
the services all the time or based on a schedule.
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To block services:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Security > Block Services
.
5.
Specify when to block the services:
To block the services all the time, select the
Always
radio button.
To block the services based on a schedule, select the
Per Schedule
radio button.
For information about how to specify the schedule, see
Schedule When to Block
Internet Sites and Services
on page
50.
6.
Click the
Add
button.
The Block Services Setup screen displays:
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7.
To add a service that is in the
Service Type
list, select the application or service.
The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8.
To add a service or application that is not the list, select
User Defined
.
a.
If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate
protocol; otherwise, select
TCP/UDP
(both).
b.
Enter the starting port and ending port numbers.
If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields. To find out
which port numbers the service or application uses, you can contact the publisher of
the application, ask user groups or newsgroups, or search on the Internet.
9.
Select a filtering option:
Only This IP Address
. Block services for a single computer.
IP Address Range
. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP
addresses on your network.
All lP Addresses
. Block services for all computers on your network.
10.
Click the
Add
button.
Your changes are saved.
Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services
When you schedule blocking, the same schedule is used to block sites and to block services.
For information about how to specify what you want the router to block, see
Use Keywords to
Block Internet Sites
on page
47 and
Block Services from the Internet
on page
48.
To schedule blocking:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.

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