Wire World Of America 1800 manual Firewall, Viewing your firewall summary

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3.Click Advanced Settings.

4.In the Settings pane, increase the DHCP timeout period to 24 hours by entering “24” in the Set DHCP Lease field.

5.Click the SAVE button.

As an alterantive to increasing the DHCP timeout, you can assign static IP addresses to the computer. Because the method for assigning static IP addresses depends on the computer operating system, refer to the documentation that came with your computer.

Firewall

The Intelligent Gateway incorporates a professional-grade firewall to help deter outside “hackers” from accessing your local network. The Firewall pages provide access to your system security settings, and allow you to configure your firewall.

Viewing your firewall summary

The Summary page provides summary information and links to the most commonly used security-related features of your system. The Firewall Settings panel shows you how the firewall is configured. The system’s firewall software filters and blocks data coming in from the Internet that could be harmful to your

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