TP-Link TL-WR541G User Guide - Page 53

Security, 4.8.1 Firewall

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• IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router. • Status - Either Enabled or Disabled, "Enabled" means that port is still active. Otherwise, the port is inactive. Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List. 4.8 Security Figure 4-33 The Security menu There are five submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 4-33): Firewall, IP Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Address Filtering and Advanced Security. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.8.1 Firewall Using the Firewall page (shown in Figure 4-34), you can turn the general firewall switch on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective. 46

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IP Address
-
The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router.
Status -
Either Enabled or Disabled, “Enabled” means that port is still active. Otherwise,
the port is inactive.
Click
Refresh
to update the Current UPnP Settings List.
4.8 Security
Figure 4-33 The Security menu
There are five submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 4-33):
Firewall,
IP Address
Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Address Filtering
and
Advanced Security.
Click any of them,
and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each
submenu are provided below.
4.8.1 Firewall
Using the Firewall page (shown in Figure 4-34), you can turn the general firewall switch on or off.
The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even if IP Address
Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are ineffective.