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Figure 4-35

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Change Policy:

There are two policies for the MAC filters

: FORWARDED

and

BLOCKED

.

Select the

Change

checkbox and click the

Change Policy

button to change from one policy

to another. When you set

FORWARDED

, it means that all MAC layer frames will be

forwarded

except those matching with any of the specified rules in the table (shown in Figure

4-35). While

BLOCKED

means that all MAC layer frames will be

blocked

except those

matching with any of the specified rules in the preceding table.

¾

Add:

Click the

Add

button, and then you can add a new MAC Filter in the next screen (shown

in Figure 4-35).

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Remove:

Select the check box in the table (shown in Figure 4-35) and then click the

Remove

button, and then the corresponding entry will be deleted in the table.

To add a MAC Filtering rule:

1.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-35, and you will see the next screen similar to in Figure 4-36.

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Figure 4-36

2.

Select

Protocol Type

in the drop-down list for the rule.

3.

Enter

Destination MAC Address

and

Source MAC Address

in the text box.

4.

Select

Frame Direction

in the drop-down list for the rule.

5.

Select the

WAN interfaces

from the drop-down list.

6.

Click

Save/Apply

to save this entry and then you will see your settings as shown in Figure

4-35.

4.4.7 Parental Control

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Parental Control

”. You can configure the Parental Control on the

screen as shown in Figure 4-37. Time Restriction allows you to control the Internet activities of the

child by restricting the time of surfing. URL Filter limits every computer connected to the router to

access certain websites. These two features work independently.

Figure 4-37

4.4.7.1 Time Restriction

This feature allows you add time of day restriction to a special LAN device connected to the

Router.

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Figure 4-38

To add a Time Restriction entry:

1.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-38, and then you will see the next screen as shown in Figure

4-39.

Figure 4-39

2.

Enter the

User Name

of the LAN device connected to the Router.

3.

To restrict the device where the browser is running, select the

Browser's MAC Address

radio button. The MAC Address has been automatically displayed in the text box. To restrict

other LAN devices, click

Other MAC Address

radio button and enter the MAC address of the

other LAN device.

4.

Select the day to allow the rule to take effect in the table.

5.

Enter the

Start Blocking Time

and

End Blocking Time

in the text box separately, and then

the device controlled will then be unable to connect to the internet during that time.

6.

Click

Save/Apply

to save this entry and then you will see your settings as shown in Figure

4-38.

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Note:

The Time Restriction will not work correctly before the time of the device is set in “

Management

Æ

Internet Time

”.

4.4.7.2 URL Filter

This feature allows you to configure the filter rules based on URL to control all the computers in the

LAN to access the specified port, and it is independent with Time Restriction feature.

Figure 4-40

There are two policies for the URL Filter.

¾

Exclude

: Block the PCs to access the specified URL.

¾

Include

: Only allow the PCs to access the specified URL.

¾

Disable

: URL Filter function will not take effect.

To add a URL Filter entry:

1.

Check the

Exclude

or

Include

radio button. Here we take

Exclude

for example.

2.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-40 and then you will see the next screen as shown in Figure

4-41. Enter the URL Address and Port Number.

Figure 4-41

3.

Click

Save/Apply

to save this entry and then you will see your settings as shown in Figure

4-40. Every computer connected to the router will not access this URL address on the port.

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4.4.8 Quality of Service

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Quality of Service

”, you can enable QoS (Quality of Service) on

the screen shown in Figure 4-42. QoS helps to prioritize data as it enters your router. By attaching

special identification marks or headers to incoming packets, QoS determines which queue the

packets enter, based priority. This is useful when there are certain types of data you want to give

higher priority, such as voice data packets give higher priority than Web data packets. This option

will provide better service of selected network traffic over various technologies.

Figure 4-42

Select the

Enable QoS

checkbox to enable all QoS for all interfaces.

Select a

Default DSCP make

from drop-down list to automatically mark incoming traffic without

reference to a particular classifier.

Click

Save/Apply

to save the current configuration.

)

Note:

The default DSCP mark is used to mark all egress packets that do not match any classification

rules.

4.4.8.1 Queue Config

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Quality of Service

”

Æ

“

Queue Config

”, you can set up virtual

servers on the screen below.

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