Firewall Settings
The settings in the Firewall Settings tab allow you to specify router settings for your device.
MAC/IP/Port Filtering
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Enable Filtering — If this box is checked, webConnect
will turn on MAC/IP/Port filtering. With this functionality enabled, you can establish filters for specific MAC addresses, IP addresses and Ports. |
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Default Policy — Select how a packet that doesn't match with any settings will be handled. Selecting Accepted will accept all packets that do not match your filter settings. Selecting Dropped will block all packets that do not match your filter settings. |
MAC/IP/Port Filtering Settings
The fields in this section allow you to define your MAC/IP/Port filter. The following fields are enabled when the Enable Filtering check box is selected.
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MAC Address — Set the MAC address that will be filtered. |
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Destination IP Address — Set the destination IP address that will be filtered. |
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Source IP Address — Set the source IP address that will be filtered. |
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Protocol — Set which protocol will be used for filtering. Your options are: None, TCP, UDP, and ICMP. |
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Destination Port Range — Set the destination port numbers that will be filtered. |
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Source Port Range — Set the source port numbers that will be filtered. |
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Action — Set how to handle the packet if it matches the rule. |
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Comment — Enter a description of the filter. |
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Add Port Filter Rule — Click this button to add your MAC/IP/Port filter rule to the list of configured rules. |
Note: New filters will not be applied to your device until you click Save. You can only have total of 10 MAC/IP/Port filter rules applied at one time.
MAC/IP/Port Filtering Rules Dialog
When you have added MAC/IP/Port filter rules, you can access these rules by clicking on the View X Rules link (were "X" is the number of rules created) to the right of the Add Port Filter Rule button in the MAC/IP/Port Filtering Settings area. Clicking this link opens the MAC/IP/Port Filtering Rules dialog. This dialog contains the following:
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Rules list — This area shows all the MAC/IP/Port filter rules you currently have active. The individual settings for each rule are displayed |
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No. — You can select a filter rule by selecting the check box for that rule. |
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Delete — Click this button to delete selected filter rules. |
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Close — Click this button to close the MAC/IP/Port Filtering Rules dialog. You may also close the dialog by clicking the close icon ( ) in the upper-right corner of the dialog. |
Port Forwarding
The fields in this section allow you to define port forwarding or virtual server rules.
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Virtual Server Settings — Select Enable to allow the creation of virtual server rules. |
The following fields are enabled when the Enable option is selected for Virtual Server Settings.
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IP Address — Set the IP address that will be filtered. |
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WAN Port — Set the WAN (Wide Area Network) port. |
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LAN Port — Set the LAN (Local Area Network) port. |
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Protocol — Select which protocol will be used by the virtual server. Your options are: TCP, UDP, and TCP + UDP. |
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Comment — Enter a description of the virtual server. |
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Add Port Forwarding Rule — Click this button to add your new port forwarding rule to the list of configured rules. |
Note: New port forwarding rules will not be applied to your device until you click Save. You can only have total of 10 port forwarding rules applied at one time.
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Clear Settings — Click this button to clear all the fields in the Virtual Server settings. |
Port Forwarding Rules Dialog
When you have added port forwarding rules, you can access these rules by clicking on the View X Rules link (were "X" is the number of current rules) to the right of the Add Port Forwarding Rule button in the Port Forwarding area. Clicking this link opens the Port Forwarding Rules dialog. This dialog contains the following:
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Rules list — This area shows all the port forwarding rules you currently have active. The individual settings for each port forwarding rule are displayed. |
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No. — You can select a port forwarding rule by selecting the check box for that port forwarding rule. |
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Delete — Click this button to delete selected port forwarding rules. |
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Close — Click this button to close the Port Forwarding Rules dialog. You may also close the dialog by clicking the close icon ( ) in the upper-right corner of the dialog. |
System Security
System Security setting
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Remote Management — Select whether to enable or disable remote management of your device. |
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Ping from WAN Filter — Select whether to enable or disable Ping from WAN for your device. When you select Disable, you are causing the public WAN IP address on your router to not respond to ping commands. Pinging public WAN IP addresses is a common method used by hackers to test whether your WAN IP address is valid and supports a network. |