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If you wish to block all Internet browsing access during a scheduled period, enter the keyword

“.” and set the schedule in the Schedule menu.

To specify a Trusted User, enter that computer’s IP address in the Trusted User box and click

Apply

.

You may specify one Trusted User, which is a computer that will be exempt from blocking and

logging. Since the Trusted User will be identified by an IP address, you should configure that

computer with a fixed IP address.

Blocking Access to Internet Services

The WPN824 router allows you to block the use of certain Internet services by computers on your

network. This is called service blocking or port filtering. The Block Services menu is shown

below:

Services are functions performed by server computers at the request of client computers. For

example, Web servers serve Web pages, time servers serve time and date information, and game

hosts serve data about other players’ moves. When a computer on your network sends a request for

service to a server computer on the Internet, the requested service is identified by a service or port

number. This number appears as the destination port number in the transmitted IP packets. For

example, a packet that is sent with destination port number 80 is an HTTP (Web server) request.

To enable service blocking, select either

Per Schedule

or

Always

, then click

Apply

. If you want to

block by schedule, be sure that a time period is specified in the Schedule menu (see

“Scheduling

When Blocking Will Be Enforced” on page 5-5

).

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To specify a service for blocking, click

Add

. The Block Services Setup menu appears, as shown

below:

From the

Service Type

list, select the application or service to be allowed or blocked. The list

already displays several common services, but you are not limited to these choices. To add any

additional services or applications that do not already appear, select

User Defined

.

Configuring a User Defined Service

To define a service, first you must determine which port number or range of numbers is used by

the application. The service numbers for many common protocols are defined by the Internet

Engineering Task Force (IETF) and published in RFC1700, “Assigned Numbers”. Service

numbers for other applications are typically chosen from the range 1024 to 65535 by the authors of

the application. This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the

application or from user groups of newsgroups.

Enter the Starting Port and Ending Port numbers. If the application uses a single port number, enter

that number in both boxes.

If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate protocol. If you are

not sure, select

Both

.

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Configuring Service Blocking by IP Address Range

Under “Filter Services For”, you can block the specified service for a single computer, a range of

computers (having consecutive IP addresses), or all computers on your network.

Scheduling When Blocking Will Be Enforced

The WPN824 router allows you to specify when blocking will be enforced. The Schedule menu is

shown below:

Use this schedule for blocking content.

1.

Days to Block. Select the days to block by checking the appropriate boxes. Select

Every day

to check the boxes for all days.

2.

Time of Day to Block. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format. Select

All Day

for 24

hour blocking.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

4.

Be sure to select your Time Zone in the E-mail menu. For details, see

“Configuring E-Mail

Alert and Web Access Log Notifications” on page 5-14

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Trend Micro Home Network Security

You can enable Home Network Security from the Security Service menu if you did not do so when

you originally set up your router. Home routers provide an enhanced Internet experience, but the

likelihood of attacks also increases. Trend Micro Home Network Security addresses the security

needs of computers accessing the Internet via home routers.

To begin using Home Network Security, configure the Security Service and Parental Controls

menus on your WPN824 router. Each screen has a GUI button to click that will take you to the

Trend Micro Web site to open your Trend Micro account.

Note: The RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 supports Home Network Security. To

take advantage of this feature you must register an account with Trend Micro. For more

information, see

the Home Network Security

Quick Start Guide

on the NETGEAR

Resource CD, or go to

. The Trend Micro

software requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

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Security Service Settings

Click

Security Service

under Content Filtering on the main menu to display the Security Service

Settings menu shown below:

Figure 5-5

Click this banner to install the

Trend Micro dashboard and

set up your Trend Micro account.