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Chapter 3 Access Restrictions > Internet Access The Access Restrictions > Internet Access screen allows you to deny or allow specific kinds of Internet usage and traffic, such as Internet access, designated services, and websites during specific days and times. Advanced Configuration 4. Click Edit List of PCs to select which computers will be affected by the policy. The List of PCs screen appears. You can select a computer 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 computers. After making your changes, click Save Settings to apply your changes or Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Then click Close. Access Restrictions > Internet Access Internet Access Internet Access Policy Internet Access can be managed by a policy. Use the settings on this screen to establish an access policy (after Save Settings is clicked). Selecting a policy from the drop-down menu will display that policy's settings. To delete a policy, select that policy's number and click Delete. To view all the policies, click Summary. Deny or Allow If you select Deny, the computer on the Edit List will be denied Internet Access by the dates and times selected. Computers not on the list will still have Internet access. If you select Allow, the computers on the Edit List will have Internet access by the dates and times selected. The computers not on the Edit List will be denied Internet access. If there is a conflict with a policy, the lower numbered policy will have priority over a higher numbered policy. To create an Internet Access Policy: 1. Select a number from the Internet Access Policy dropdown menu. 2. Enter a Policy Name in the field. 3. To enable this policy, select Enabled. Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router List of PCs 5. Select the appropriate option, Deny or Allow, depending on whether you want to block or allow Internet access for the computers you listed on the List of PCs screen. 6. Decide which days and what times you want this policy 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. 7. Enter a URL address or Keyword for Website Blocking or select any Blocked Applications you wish to use. Using these features can slow down your Internet speed. 8. Click Save Settings to save the policy's settings, or click Cancel Changes to cancel the policy's settings. Blocked Applications You can filter access to various services accessed over the Internet, such as FTP or telnet, by selecting applications from the Applications List. To add an application, 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 an application, select it from the Application List. Change the application name, port range, or protocol setting. Then click Modify. To delete an application, select it from the Application List. Then click Delete. Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. 17

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Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
17
Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router
Access Restrictions > Internet Access
The
Access Restrictions > Internet Access
screen allows you
to deny or allow specific kinds of Internet usage and traffic,
such as Internet access, designated services, and websites
during specific days and times.
Access Restrictions > Internet Access
Internet Access
Internet Access Policy
Internet Access can be managed
by a policy. Use the settings on this screen to establish an
access policy (after
Save Settings
is clicked). Selecting a
policy from the drop-down menu will display that policy’s
settings. To delete a policy, select that policy’s number
and click
Delete
. To view all the policies, click
Summary
.
Deny or Allow
If you select Deny, the computer on the
Edit List will be denied Internet Access by the dates and
times selected. Computers not on the list will still have
Internet access. If you select Allow, the computers on
the Edit List will have Internet access by the dates and
times selected. The computers not on the Edit List will be
denied Internet access. If there is a conflict with a policy,
the lower numbered policy will have priority over a higher
numbered policy.
To create an Internet Access Policy:
Select a number from the
1.
Internet Access Policy
drop-
down menu.
Enter a Policy Name in the field.
2.
To enable this policy, select
3.
Enabled
.
Click
4.
Edit List of PCs
to select which computers will be
affected by the policy. The
List of PCs
screen appears. You
can select a computer 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 computers. After making
your changes, click
Save Settings
to apply your changes
or
Cancel Changes
to cancel 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 computers 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
.
Enter
a URL address or Keyword for Website Blocking
7.
or select any Blocked Applications you wish to use.
Using these features can slow down your Internet
speed.
Click
8.
Save Settings
to save the policy’s settings, or
click
Cancel Changes
to cancel the policy’s settings.
Blocked Applications
You can filter access to various services accessed over the
Internet, such as FTP or telnet, by selecting applications
from the Applications List.
To add an application, 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 an application, select it from the Application
List. Change the application name, port range, or protocol
setting. Then click
Modify
.
To delete an application, select it from the Application
List. Then click
Delete
.
Click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel
Changes
to cancel your changes.