ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
–You can assign PCs to Groups and apply restrictions to each Group using the Firewall Rules screen (see “Using Rules to Block or Allow Specific Kinds of Traffic” on page
–You can also select the Groups to be covered by the Block Sites feature (see “Setting Block Sites (Content Filtering)” on page
–If necessary, you can also create Firewall Rules to apply to a single PC (see “Enabling Source MAC Filtering” on page
•A computer is identified by its MAC
This Known PCs and Devices table lists entries in the Network Database. For each computer or device, the following fields are displayed:
•Name: The name of the PC or device. For computers that do not support the NetBIOS protocol, this will be listed as “Unknown” (you can edit the entry manually to add a meaningful name). If the computer was assigned an IP address by the DHCP server, then the Name will be appended by an asterisk.
•IP Address: The current IP address of the computer. For DHCP clients of the router, this IP address will not change. If a computer is assigned a static IP addresses, you will need to update this entry manually if the IP address on the computer has been changed.
•MAC Address: The MAC address of the PC’s network interface.
•Group: Each PC or device can be assigned to a single group. By default, a computer is assigned to Group 1, unless a different group is selected from the Group
•Action: Allows modification of the selected entry by clicking Edit.
To add computers to the network database manually:
1.Select Network Configuration from the main menu and LAN Groups from the submenu. The Groups and Hosts screen will display.
2.In the Add Known PCs and Devices table, enter the name of the PC or device.
3.From the IP Address Type
Note: When assigning a Reserved IP address to a client, the IP address selected must be outside the range of addresses allocated to the DHCP Server pool.
LAN Configuration |
v1.0, August 2006