TP-Link TL-WR840N manual Local Management

TL-WR840N

300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide

¾TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets Threshold (5~3600) - The default value is 50. Enter a value between 5 ~ 3600. When the current TCP-SYN-FLOOD Packets numbers is beyond the set value, the Router will startup the blocking function immediately.

¾Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port to Router - Enable or Disable Ignore Ping Packet From WAN Port to Router. The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from the Internet cannot access the Router.

¾Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port to Router - Enable or Disable Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port to Router. The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from LAN cannot access the Router. This function can be used to defend against some viruses.

Click the Save button to save the settings.

Click the Blocked DoS Host List button to display the DoS host table by blocking.

4.9.3 Local Management

Choose menu “Security → Local Management”, you can configure the management rule in the screen as shown in Figure 4-40.The management feature allows you to deny computers in LAN from accessing the Router.

Figure 4-40 Local Management

By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's Web-Based Utility” is checked. If you want to allow PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access the Setup page of the Router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). Only the PCs with MAC address listed can use the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others will be blocked.

After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Address will be placed in the list above.

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