Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports

Table 6-3.

Groups and hosts

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

 

Known PCs and

 

This table lists all current entries in the Network Database. For each PC or device,

Devices

 

the following data is displayed.

 

 

• Radio button—Use this to select a PC for editing or deletion.

 

 

Name—The name of the PC or device. Sometimes, this can not be determined,

 

 

and will be listed as Unknown. In this case, you can edit the entry to add a

 

 

meaningful name.

 

 

• IP Address—The current IP address. For DHCP clients, where the IP address is

 

 

allocated by the DHCP Server in this device, this IP address will not change. Where

 

 

the IP address is set on the PC (as a fixed IP address), you may need to update

 

 

this entry manually if the IP address on the PC is changed.

 

 

• MAC Address—The MAC address of the PC. The MAC address is a low-level

 

 

network identifier which is fixed at manufacture.

 

 

Group—Each PC or device must be in a single group. The Group column indicates

 

 

which group each entry is in. By default, all entries are in the Default group (the D

 

 

column.)

 

 

 

Operations

 

• Group Assignment —You can select a group for any entry by selecting the desired

 

 

group from the drop down menu in the Group column. Click Apply

 

 

• Adding a new Entry—If a PC is not connected, using a fixed IP, or a different LAN

 

 

segment, it may not be listed. In this case, you can add it by clicking the Add

 

 

button.

 

 

• Editing an Entry—You can edit an entry by selecting its radio button, and clicking

 

 

the Edit button.

 

 

• Deleting an Entry—If a PC or device has been removed from your network, you can

 

 

delete it from the database by selecting its radio button, and clicking the Delete

 

 

button.

 

 

• Edit Group Names—The Group names can be edited by clicking Edit Group

 

 

Names button. By default the group names are Default, Marketing, Sales,

 

 

Warehouse, Support, Lab1, Lab2, and Others.

 

 

 

Using a Schedule to Block or Allow Specific Traffic

If you enabled content filtering in the Block Sites menu, or if you defined an outbound rule to use a schedule, you can set up a schedule for when blocking occurs or when access is restricted. The firewall allows you to specify when blocking will be enforced by configuring the Schedule tab shown below:

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Firewall Protection and Content Filtering

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