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4.4 Firewall
4.4.1 General
The wireless router can serve as a hardware firewall for your
network. Set up the firewall to protect your network from
malicious attacks such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. DoS
attacks disable a device or network to deny users access to
network resources.
To set up basic Firewall settings:
1. From the navigation panel, go to
Advanced Settings
>
Firewall
>
General
tab.
2. On the
Enable Firewall
field, select
Enable
.
3. On the
Respond Ping Request from WAN
field, select
Yes
to
block hackers from pinging devices in your network from the
Internet.
4. Click
Apply
.
