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Chapter 3 wireless station responds with a Clear to Send (CTS) frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. The RTS Threshold value should remain at its default value of 2347. AP Isolation This isolates all wireless clients and wireless devices on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the Router but not with each other. To use this function, select On. AP Isolation is turned Off by default. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Security > Firewall The Security > Firewall screen is used to configure a firewall that can filter out various types of unwanted traffic on the Router's local network. Security > Firewall Firewall Block WAN Requests Block Anonymous Internet Requests This feature makes it more difficult for outside users to work their way into your network. This feature is selected by default. Deselect the feature to allow anonymous Internet requests. Filter Multicast Multicasting allows for multiple transmissions to specific recipients at the same time. If multicasting is permitted, then the Router will allow IP multicast packets to be forwarded to the appropriate computers. This feature is selected by default. Deselect this feature to disable it. Filter Internet NAT Redirection This feature uses port forwarding to block access to local servers from local networked computers. Select Filter Internet NAT Redirection to filter Internet NAT redirection. This feature is not selected by default. Filter IDENT (Port 113) This feature keeps port 113 from being scanned by devices outside of your local network. This feature is selected by default. Deselect this feature to disable it. Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster Advanced Configuration Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Security > VPN The Security > VPN Passthrough screen allows you to enable VPN tunnels using IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP protocols to pass through the Router's firewall. Security > VPN Passthrough VPN Passthrough IPSec Passthrough Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols used to implement secure exchange of packets at the IP layer. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the Router, keep the default, Enable. PPTP Passthrough Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to pass through the Router, keep the default, Enable. L2TP Passthrough Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is the method used to enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer 2 level. To allow L2TP tunnels to pass through the Router, keep the default, Enable. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. 15

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Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
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Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster
wireless station responds with a Clear to Send (CTS) frame
to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. The RTS
Threshold value should remain at its default value of
2347
.
AP Isolation
This isolates all wireless clients and wireless
devices on your network from each other. Wireless devices
will be able to communicate with the Router but not with
each other. To use this function, select
On
. AP Isolation is
turned
Off
by default.
Click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel
Changes
to cancel your changes.
Security > Firewall
The
Security > Firewall
screen is used to configure a firewall
that can filter out various types of unwanted traffic on the
Router’s local network.
Security > Firewall
Firewall
Block WAN Requests
Block
Anonymous
Internet
Requests
This
feature
makes it more difficult for outside users to work their
way into your network. This feature is selected
by default.
Deselect the feature to allow anonymous Internet
requests
.
Filter
Multicast
Multicasting
allows
for
multiple
transmissions to specific recipients at the same time. If
multicasting is permitted, then the Router will allow IP
multicast packets to be forwarded to the appropriate
computers. This feature is selected by default. Deselect
this feature to disable it.
Filter
Internet
NAT
Redirection
This
feature
uses
port forwarding to block access to local servers from
local networked computers. Select
Filter Internet NAT
Redirection
to filter Internet NAT redirection. This feature
is not selected by default.
Filter IDENT (Port 113)
This feature keeps port 113 from
being scanned by devices outside of your local network.
This feature is selected by default. Deselect this feature to
disable it.
Click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel
Changes
to cancel your changes.
Security > VPN
The
Security > VPN Passthrough
screen allows you to enable
VPN tunnels using IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP protocols to pass
through the Router’s firewall.
Security > VPN Passthrough
VPN Passthrough
IPSec Passthrough
Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) is
a suite of protocols used to implement secure exchange
of packets at the IP layer. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass
through the Router, keep the default,
Enable
.
PPTP Passthrough
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
(PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be
tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to
pass through the Router, keep the default,
Enable
.
L2TP Passthrough
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is the
method used to enable Point-to-Point sessions via the
Internet on the Layer 2 level. To allow L2TP tunnels to pass
through the Router, keep the default,
Enable
.
Click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel
Changes
to cancel your changes.