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8.5.2 | Special Applications

This section allows you to configure dynamic port forwarding rules by using an outgoing trigger

port.

Trigger Port:

Enter in the outgoing port that will be used to open the public ports

Trigger Type:

Choose the protocol type, TCP or UDP traffic.

Public Port:

Set the Incoming Range of ports that will be opened by the outgoing trigger port data.

The maximum range that you can use for all NAT ports is 0 to 65535.

Public Type:

Choose the protocol type, TCP or UDP traffic.

Enabled:

You can enable or disable these rules as needed.

NOTE

: For security, if you are not using a Special Applications rule, it is recommended that you

disable the rule until needed.

Need Port Info?

For a list of the ports required by some of the popular online games and other applications

please refer to

Appendix C | SMC Port List for Games and Applications.

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8.6 | Firewall

The firewall does not significantly affect system performance, so we advise enabling it to protect

your network users.

To enable the Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, click on the [FIREWALL] link in the side

navigation bar, select the [Enable] option and click the [SAVE SETTINGS] button.

Once the Barricade g Firewall is enabled, you will have be able to access several other features,

including:

•

Access Control

•

MAC Filter

•

URL Blocking

•

Schedule Rule

•

Intrusion Detection

•

DMZ

The following sections outline each of these options.

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8.6.1 | Access Control

Using this option allows you to specify different privileges for the client PCs. This is an excellent

tool to control a child’s access to specific content and/or general internet access for a specific

time and/or date.

To setup an Access Control Rule:

Click on [Click Add PC] link to access the [Access Control Add

PC] configuration page.

Rule Description

: Set a Rule Description so you know what this rule applies to. Ex. Jon’s Internet

Access.

Client PC IP Address:

Set the IP Address Range of the LAN PCs that you want to apply this rule to.

NOTE

: If you only want to apply the rule to one PC, just enter in the IP address twice.

For

example, if you want to setup a rule for LAN IP: 192.168.2.100 – your IP range would be 100-100.

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Client PC Service:

This is a section of pre-defined services. To block one of these services simply

check the [Blocking] option next to the service name.

For URL/Website blocking you will need to enter in the Websites and Keywords that you want to

block in the URL Blocking section.

User Define Service:

In this section you can define custom services that you want to block. To

configure, select the Protocol you want to block and then select the range of ports.

NOTE

: This section is useful for blocking new applications, such as Peer-2-Peer file sharing

applications that don’t use ports defined in the other section.

Scheduling Rule:

From this option you can select the schedule that you want this Access Control

Rule to be active. By default it is set to [Always Blocking].

NOTE

: If you want to configure a specific time/date for this Rule to be active you will need to

configure the [Schedule Rule] configuration page. When you set-up a custom schedule rule, it will

be listed in the drop-down menu as an option.

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8.6.2 | MAC Filtering

The MAC Filtering feature of the Barricade allows you to control access to your network based on

the MAC (Media Access Control) Address of the client machine. This ID is unique to each network

adapter.

When this option is [ENABLED], each MAC Address listed in the table will be allowed to access the

network and Internet.

NOTE:

You must have at least ONE MAC address listed in this table when the feature is enabled.

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