Chapter 8 WAN Screens

Figure 102 NETWORK > WAN Route

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 30 NETWORK > WAN Route

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Route Priority

 

 

 

WAN

The default WAN connection is "1' as your broadband connection via the WAN port

Traffic Redirect

should always be your preferred method of accessing the WAN. The default

Dial Backup

priority of the routes is WAN, Traffic Redirect and then Dial Backup:

You have two choices for an auxiliary connection (Traffic Redirect and Dial

 

 

Backup) in the event that your regular WAN connection goes down. If Dial

 

Backup is preferred to Traffic Redirect, then type "14" in the Dial Backup

 

Priority (metric) field (and leave the Traffic Redirect Priority (metric) at the

 

default of "15").

 

The Dial Backup field is available only when you enable the corresponding dial

 

backup feature in the Dial Backup screen.

 

 

Windows

NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) are TCP or UDP packets that

Networking

enable a computer to connect to and communicate with a LAN. For some dial-up

(NetBIOS over

services such as PPPoE or PPTP, NetBIOS packets cause unwanted calls.

TCP/IP):

 

 

 

Allow between

Select this check box to forward NetBIOS packets from the LAN to the WAN and

WAN and LAN

from the WAN to the LAN. If your firewall is enabled with the default policy set to

 

block WAN to LAN traffic, you also need to enable the default WAN to LAN firewall

 

rule that forwards NetBIOS traffic.

 

Clear this check box to block all NetBIOS packets going from the LAN to the WAN

 

and from the WAN to the LAN.

 

 

Allow between

Select this check box to forward NetBIOS packets from the WAN to the DMZ and

WAN and DMZ

from the DMZ to the WAN.

 

Clear this check box to block all NetBIOS packets going from the WAN to the DMZ

 

and from the DMZ to the WAN.

 

 

Allow between

Select this check box to forward NetBIOS packets from the WLAN to the WAN and

WAN and WLAN

from the WAN to the WLAN.

 

Clear this check box to block all NetBIOS packets going from the WLAN to the

 

WAN and from the WAN to the WLAN.

 

 

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