the criteria specified by the rule set are dropped.
Effective implementation of packet filtering requires detailed knowledge of network services and communication protocols. An overly complicated filtering scheme can adversely affect the Router’s performance, while an inadequate set of rules may needlessly compromise security.
This Router has two fields to configure for filtering which are IP Filters and MAC Filters.
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| Advanced > Filters > IP Filters |
This | window | will aid |
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the use in configuring | |||||
filters |
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| IP | |
addresses. | This will | ||||
deny | specified | LAN | |||
IP | addresses | or | |||
specific |
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| ports | ||
associated with these | |||||
LAN IP address from | |||||
accessing |
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Internet. Well | known | ||||
ports | have | already | |||
been | previously set | ||||
in the IP Filters List | |||||
and can be modified | |||||
by | clicking |
| their | ||
corresponding | edit | ||||
icon, | and | simple | |||
adding an IP address | |||||
to the configuration. | |||||
To | access |
| this | ||
window, | click | the | |||
Advanced tab along | |||||
the | top | of | the | ||
configuration | window | ||||
and then the Filters | |||||
tab to the | left | hand | |||
side. |
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IP Filters | Choose whether to enable or disable this configuration for IP | |
| filtering. | |
IP Address | An IP address or range of IP addresses that will be denied | |
| access to the Internet. | |
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