Firewall Rules - AT&T Plug&Share 6800G User Manual

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Firewall Rules

This feature can provide additional security protection by helping to prohibit unauthorized access to your
network.
• Firewall Rules: (Default Off) Click On to enable firewall protection.
• Name: Enter a name to identify the firewall profile you are creating.
• Action: Click Allow to permit specified computers access to your network, or Deny to prohibit access
to them.
• Interface: (Default All) Choose LAN to protect against incursion from users of your local area net-
work, WAN to protect against incursion from others who may have access through the Internet, or *
(all) to select both.
• IP Range: Enter an IP address of a computer that will be allowed or denied access to your network.
To include multiple computers, you can enter a range of IP addresses.
• Protocol: Select a protocol type to be applied to this firewall profile.
• Port Range: Enter a port (or a range of ports) to be allowed or denied access to your network. If you
leave this field blank, all ports will be allowed or denied access.
• Schedule: Enter times when this firewall profile will be in effect, or click Always to provide continuous
protection.
When you are finished, click Apply to add a new firewall profile to the table at the bottom of the screen.
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