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Access Filters, Access Filter

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4.8. Access Filters The Access Filter screen allows you to block or allow specific kinds of Internet usage. You can set up Internet access policies for specific PCs and set up filters by using network port numbers. This feature allows you to customize up to 10 different Internet Access Policies for particular PCs, which are identified by their IP or MAC addresses. For each policy's designated PCs, the Router can do one or more of the following: • block or allow Internet access or inbound traffic during the days and time periods specified • block designated services • block websites with specific URL addresses • block websites that use specific keywords in their URL addresses. To create or edit a policy, follow these instructions: 1. Internet Access Policy 2. Select the policy's number (1-10) in the drop-down menu. Enter a name in the Enter Policy Name field. 3. Select Internet Access or Inbound Traffic from the Policy Type drop-down box, depending on the kind of access you want to control. Select Internet Access to control your network PCs' access to the Internet. Select Inbound Traffic to control Internet PCs' access to your local area network. Note: The screen's settings will vary depending on which Policy Type you select. 4. Select Deny or Allow, depending on how you want to control access for specific PCs. 5. Click the Edit List button next to PCs or Internet PCs. a. On the List of PCs or List of Internet PCs screen, specify PCs by IP address or User's Guide 24

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4.8. Access Filters
The
Access Filter
screen allows you to block or allow specific kinds of Internet usage. You can set up
Internet access policies for specific PCs and set up filters by using network port numbers.
Internet Access
Policy
This feature allows you to customize up to 10 different Internet Access Policies for particular
PCs, which are identified by their IP or MAC addresses. For each policy's designated PCs, the
Router can do one or more of the following:
block or allow Internet access or inbound traffic during the days and time periods
specified
block designated services
block websites with specific URL addresses
block websites that use specific keywords in their URL addresses.
To create or edit a policy, follow these instructions:
1.
Select the policy's number (1-10) in the drop-down menu.
2.
Enter a name in the
Enter Policy Name
field.
3.
Select
Internet Access
or
Inbound Traffic
from the
Policy Type
drop-down
box, depending on the kind of access you want to control. Select
Internet
Access
to control your network PCs' access to the Internet. Select
Inbound
Traffic
to control Internet PCs' access to your local area network.
Note: The screen's settings will vary depending on which Policy Type you select.
4.
Select
Deny
or
Allow
, depending on how you want to control access for specific PCs.
5.
Click the
Edit List
button next to
PCs or Internet PCs
.
a.
On the
List of PCs
or
List of Internet PCs
screen, specify PCs by IP address or
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