NETGEAR FVS318G manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering

Chapter 4 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering

This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the ProSafe Gigabit 8 Port VPN Firewall FVS318G to protect your network.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•“About Firewall Protection and Content Filtering” on this page

•“Using Rules to Block or Allow Specific Kinds of Traffic” on page 4-2

•“Configuring Other Firewall Features” on page 4-19

•“Creating Services, QoS Profiles, and Bandwidth Profiles” on page 4-24

•“Setting a Schedule to Block or Allow Specific Traffic” on page 4-29

•“Blocking Internet Sites (Content Filtering)” on page 4-30

•“Configuring Source MAC Filtering” on page 4-33

•“Configuring IP/MAC Address Binding” on page 4-35

•“Configuring Port Triggering” on page 4-37

•“Configuring UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)” on page 4-40

•“Email Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts” on page 4-41

•“Administrator Tips” on page 4-42

About Firewall Protection and Content Filtering

The VPN firewall provides you with Web content filtering options, plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via email. Parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time-of-day, Web addresses and Web address keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games.

A firewall is a special category of router that protects one network (the “trusted” network, such as your LAN) from another (the untrusted network, such as the Internet), while allowing communication between the two. You can further segment keyword blocking to certain known groups (see “Managing Groups and Hosts (LAN Groups)” on page 3-5to set up LAN Groups).

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v1.1, August 2010