Chapter 3: Protecting Your Network
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N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500 User Manual
Blocking Sites
The wireless modem router provides a variety of options for blocking Internet-based content
and communications services. With its content filtering feature, the N300 Wireless Modem
Router prevents objectionable content from reaching your PCs. The wireless modem router
allows you to control access to Internet content by screening for keywords within Web
addresses. Key content filtering options include:
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Keyword blocking of HTTP traffic.
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Outbound service blocking. Limits access from your LAN to Internet locations or
services that you specify as off-limits.
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Denial of service (DoS) protection. Automatically detects and thwarts denial of service
(DoS) attacks such as Ping of Death, SYN flood, LAND Attack, and IP spoofing.
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Blocking unwanted traffic from the Internet to your LAN.
The following section explains how to configure your wireless modem router
to perform
these functions.
To block keywords and sites:
1.
Log in to the wireless modem router at its default LAN address of
http://192.168.0.1
with its default user name of
admin
and default password of
password
, or using
whatever password and LAN address you might have previously set for the wireless
modem router.
2.
In the main menu, under Security, select
Block Sites
to display the following screen
Figure 16.
