Firewall; Basic Settings - Cisco RV345 Administration Manual

Firewall

This section describes a firewall, which is a method designed to keep a network secure from intruders. The
firewall examines traffic and filters the transmissions that do not meet the specified security criteria. The
firewall decides which packets that are allowed or denied into or out of a network. This section contains the
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Basic Settings

On the Basic Settings page, you can enable and configure the basic settings. You can also add trusted domains
to this list. To configure the basic settings, follow these steps:
Step 1
Click Firewall > Basic Settings, and enter the following information:
Firewall
DoS (Denial-of-service)
Block WAN Request
LAN/VPN Web
Management
Basic Settings, page 67
Access Rules, page 68
Network Address Translation, page 70
Static NAT, page 70
Port Forwarding, page 71
Port Triggering, page 72
Session Timeout, page 73
DMZ Host, page 73
Check Enable to enable the firewall settings; uncheck Enable to disable.
Check Enable to enable DoS. DoS blocks Ping of Death, SYN Flood Detect Rate
[max/sec], IP Spoofing, Echo Storm, ICMP Flood, UDP Flood, and TCP Flood attacks.
Check Enable to block the ICMP echo requests to WAN.
Select HTTP or HTTPS.
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