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Chapter 3 Status Policies are disabled by default. To enable a policy, select the policy number from the drop-down menu, and select Enabled. To create a policy, follow steps 1-11. Repeat these steps to create additional policies, one at a time. 1. Select a number from the Access Policy drop-down menu. 2. Enter a Policy Name in the field provided. 3. To enable this policy, select Enabled. 4. Click Edit List to select which PCs will be affected by the policy. The List of PCs screen appears. You can select a PC by MAC address or IP address. You can also enter a range of IP addresses if you want this policy to affect a group of PCs. After making your changes, click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to clear your changes. Then click Close. Advanced Configuration the Blocked List. To remove an application from the Blocked List, select it and click the

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Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
22
Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link
Status
Policies are disabled by default. To enable a policy,
select the policy number from the drop-down menu, and
select
Enabled
.
To create a policy, follow steps 1-11. Repeat these steps to
create additional policies, one at a time.
Select a number from the
1.
Access Policy
drop-down
menu.
Enter a Policy Name in the field provided.
2.
To enable this policy, select
3.
Enabled
.
Click
4.
Edit List
to select which PCs will be affected by the
policy. The
List of PCs
screen appears. You can select a PC
by MAC address or IP address. You can also enter a range
of IP addresses if you want this policy to affect a group
of PCs. After making your changes, click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel Changes
to clear
your changes. Then click
Close
.
List of PCs
Select
the
appropriate
option,
5.
Deny
or
Allow
,
depending on whether you want to block or allow
Internet access for the PCs you listed on the
List of PCs
screen.
Decide which days and what times you want this policy
6.
to be enforced. Select the individual days during which
the policy will be in effect, or select
Everyday
. Then
enter a range of hours and minutes during which the
policy will be in effect, or select
24 Hours
.
You can block websites with specific URL addresses.
7.
Enter each URL in a separate
Website Blocking by URL
Address
field.
You can also block websites using specific keywords.
8.
Enter each keyword in a separate
Website Blocking by
Keyword
field.
You can filter access to various services accessed
9.
over the Internet, such as FTP or telnet. (You
can block up to three applications per policy.)
From the Applications list, select the application you
want to block. Then click the
>>
button to move it to
the Blocked List. To remove an application from the
Blocked List, select it and click the
<<
button.
If the application you want to block is not listed or you
10.
want to edit a service’s settings, enter the application’s
name in the
Application Name
field. Enter its range
in the
Port Range
fields. Select its protocol from the
Protocol
drop-down menu. Then click
Add
.
To modify a service, select it from the Application list.
Change its name, port range, and/or protocol setting.
Then click
Modify
.
To delete a service, select it from the Application list.
Then click
Delete
.
Click
11.
Save Settings
to save the policy’s settings, or
click
Cancel Changes
to clear the changes.
Applications and Gaming > Single Port
Forwarding
The
Single Port Forwarding
screen allows you to customize
port services for common applications on this screen.
When users send these types of requests to your network via
the Internet, the Router will forward those requests to the
appropriate servers (computers). Before using forwarding,
you should assign static IP addresses to the designated
servers (use the DHCP Reservation feature on the
Basic Setup
screen; refer to
DHCP Reservation
,
page 7
).
Applications and Gaming > Single Port Forwarding
Single Port Forwarding
Common applications are available for the first five
entries. Select the appropriate application. Then enter the
IP address of the server that should receive these requests.
Select
Enabled
to activate this entry.
For additional applications, complete the following fields:
Application Name
Enter the name you wish to give the
application. Each name can be up to 12 characters.