3.8.5.4 DMZ
This screen enables you to create a DMZ for those computers that cannot access Internet applications properly through the router and associated security settings.
Note: Any clients added to the DMZ exposes the clients to security risks such as viruses and unauthorized access.
Enable: Click to enable or disable the DMZ.
DMZ Host IP: Type a host IP address for the DMZ. The computer with this IP address acts as a DMZ host with unlimited Internet access.
Apply: Click to save the settings.
3.8.5.5 Firewall Rule
This screen enables you to set up the firewall. The router provides basic firewall functions, by filtering all the packets that enter the router using a set of rules. The rules are in an order sequence
Enable: Click to enable or disable the firewall rule profile.
Name: Type a descriptive name for the firewall rule profile.
Action: Select whether to allow or deny packets that conform to the rule.
Inactive Timeout: Type the number of seconds of network inactivity that elapses before the router refuses the incoming packet.
Source: Defines the source of the incoming packet that the rule is applied to.
?Interface: Select which interface (WAN or LAN) the rule is applied to.
?IP Range Start: Type the start IP address that the rule is applied to.
?IP Range End: Type the end IP address that the rule is applied to. Destination: Defines the destination of the incoming packet that the rule is applied to.
?Interface: Select which interface (WAN or LAN) the rule is applied to.
?IP Range Start: Type the start IP address that the rule is applied to.
?IP Range End: Type the end IP address that the rule is applied to.
?Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP, UDP, or ICMP) of the destination.
?Port Range: Select the port range.