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special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host

forwards all the ports at the same time. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have

its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it

because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.

Figure 4-26

To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server:

Step 1:

Click the

Enable

radio button

Step 2:

Enter the local host IP address in the

DMZ Host IP Address

field

Step 3:

Click the

Save

button.

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Note:

After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not take effect.

4.5.4 UPnP

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

UPnP

”, you can view the information about UPnP on the

screen (shown in Figure 4-27). You can click

Refresh

to update the Current UPnP

Settings List before viewing the information.

The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet

computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can

be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

Figure 4-27

¾

Current UPnP Status -

If you want to use

the Router’s UPnP function, please click

Enabled

button. If you don’t want use the function, please click

Disable

button.

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Allowing the function may cause a risk to security, this feature is disabled by

default.

¾

App Description -

This displays the description provided by the application in the

UPnP request.

¾

External Port

-

This displays the external port, which the router opened for the

application.

¾

Protocol

-

This displays the protocol for the application.

¾

Internal Port

-

This displays the Internal port, which the router opened for local

host.

¾

IP Address

-

The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router.

¾

Status -

This displays the status.

Enabled

means that the port is still active,

Disabled

means that the port is inactive.

4.6

Security

Choose menu “

Security

”, you can see the submenus under the main menu:

Firewall

,

IP

Address Filtering

,

Domain Filtering

,

MAC Address Filtering

,

Remote Management

and

Advanced Security

.

Figure 4-28

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The

detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

4.6.1 Firewall

Choose menu “

Security

→

Firewall

”, you can control the general firewall switch on the

next screen (shown in Figure 4-29). The default setting for the switch is off, and the IP

Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are disabled, their settings are

ineffective in this situation.

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Figure 4-29

¾

Enable Firewall

-

Enable the general firewall switch or not.

¾

Enable IP Address Filtering

-

Enable the IP Address Filtering or not. There are two

default filtering rules, please select the rule for your need.

¾

Enable Domain Filtering

-

Enable the Domain Filtering or not. There are two

default filtering rules, please select the rule for your need.

¾

Enable MAC Address Filtering

-

Enable MAC Address Filtering or not. There are

two default filtering rules, please select the rule for your need.

4.6.2 IP Address Filtering

Choose menu “

Security

→

IP Address Filtering

”, you can configure the IP Address

filtering rule on the next screen (shown in Figure 4-30). The IP Address Filtering feature

allows you to control Internet Access by specific users on your LAN based on their IP

addresses.

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Figure 4-30

¾

Effective Time -

This is the time or the range of time for the entry to take effect. For

example, 1800 - 2200, it means that the entry will take effect from 18:00 to 22:00.

¾

LAN IP -

This is the LAN IP address or the range of LAN IP addresses in

dotted-decimal notation format. For example, 192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.30. Keep

the field blank, which means all LAN IP addresses are controlled by the rule.

¾

LAN Port

-

This is the LAN Port or the range of LAN ports in the field. For example,

1030 - 2000. Keep the field blank, which means all LAN ports are controlled by the

rule.

¾

WAN IP

-

This is the WAN IP address or the range of WAN IP addresses in

dotted-decimal notation format. For example, 202.96.134.210 – 202.96.134.230.

Keep the field blank, which means all WAN IP addresses are controlled by the rule.

¾

WAN Port

-

This is the WAN Port or the range of WAN Ports. For example, 25 – 110.

Keep the field blank, which means all WAN Ports are controlled by the rule.

¾

Protocol

-

This indicates which protocol is used, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all

protocols supported by the router).

¾

Action

-

This field displays the action that the Router takes to deal with the traffic.

Allow

means that the Router allows the traffic through the Router,

Deny

means

that

the Router rejects the traffic through the router.

¾

Status

-

This field displays the status of the rule.

Enabled

means the rule will take

effect,

Disabled

means the rule will not take effect.

To add/modify an IP Address filtering entry:

For example:

If you desire to block E-mail received and sent by the IP address

192.168.1.7 on your local network during the time of 1800 to 2200; And wish to make the

PCs with IP addresses 192.168.1.8 to 192.168.1.12 unable to visit the website of IP

address 202.96.134.12 all the day, while other PCs have no limit. You can configure the

rules as follows.

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Step 1:

Enable the “Firewall” and “IP Address Filtering” on the Firewall screen (show in

Figure 4-29), and then, you should select the Default IP Address Filtering Rule

"Allow the packets not specified by any filtering rules to pass through the

router".

Step 2:

Click

Add New…

/

Modify

shown in Figure 4-30, you will see a new screen

shown in Figure 4-31.

Step 3:

Enter the “Effective time” that the rule will take effect as shown in Figure 4-31.

Step 4:

Enter the “LAN IP Address”, “LAN Port”, “WAN IP Address” and “WAN Port” in

the corresponding field as shown in Figure 4-31.

Step 5:

Select the “Protocol”, “Action” and “Status” for the rule as shown on the next

screen.

Figure 4-31

Step 6:

Click the

Save

button to save this entry.

Step 7:

Go to

Step 2

to complete the other rules continually.

After you finish the configurations, you will see the rules in the table below:

Figure 4-32

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Note:

Before adding an IP Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the IP

Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-29).

Other configurations for the entries as shown in Figure 4-30:

Click the

Delete

button to delete the entry.