TD-W8962ND
300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide
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There are four submenus under the Firewall menu:
Rule
,
LAN
Host
,
WAN
Host
,
Schedule
and
DDoS
. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
4.11.1 Rule
Choose menu “
Firewall
”
→
“
Rule
”, and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the
screen as shown in Figure 4-44.
Figure 4-44
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Enable Firewall:
Select the check box to enable the Firewalll function, so the Default Filtering
Rules can take effect.
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Description:
Here displays the description of the rule and this name is unique.
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LAN Host:
Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule.
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Target:
Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
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Schedule:
Here displays the schedule selected in the corresponding rule.
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Status:
Here displays the status of the rule, enabled or not.
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Edit:
Here you can edit or delete an existing rule.
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Add New:
Click the
Add New
button to add a new rule entry.
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Enable Selected:
Click the
Enable Selected
button to enable the selected rules in the list.
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Disable Selected:
Click the
Disable Selected
button to disable the selected rules in the list.
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Delete Selected:
Click the
Delete Selected
button to delete the selected entries in the table.
The methods to add a new rule:
1. Click
the
Add New
button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 4-45.
2. Give a name (e.g. Rule_1) for the rule in the
Description
field.
3. Select a host from the
LAN
Host
drop-down list or choose “
Add LAN Host
”.
4. Select a target from the
WAN Host
drop-sown list or choose “
Add WAN Host
”.
5. Select a schedule from the
Schedule
drop-down list or choose “
Add Schedule
”.
6. In
the
Action
field, select
Deny
or
Allow
to deny or allow your entry.
7. In
the
Status
field, select
Enabled
or
Disabled
to enable or disable your entry.
8. In
the
Direction
field, select
IN
or
OUT
from the drop-down list for the direction.
9. In
the
Protocol
field, here are four options, All, TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Select one of them
from the drop-down list for the target.
