Change An Outbound Firewall Rule For A Service Or Application - NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual

7. To add a service that is in the Service Type menu, select the application or service.
The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8. To add a service or application that is not in the menu, select User Defined, and do the following:
a. If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate protocol from the
Protocol menu. Otherwise, select TCP/UDP (both).
b. Enter the starting port and ending port numbers.
If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields. To find out which port
numbers the service or application uses, you can contact the publisher of the application, ask user
groups or newsgroups, or search on the Internet.
c. In the Service Type/User Defined field, enter a description.
9. Select a filtering option:
• Only This IP Address. Block services for a single computer. Enter the IP address for that computer.
• IP Address Range. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP addresses on your
network. Enter the starting IP address and ending IP address for the range.
• All lP Addresses. Block services for all computers on your network.
10. Click the Add button.
Your settings are saved.

Change an Outbound Firewall Rule for a Service or Application

You can change an existing outbound firewall rule that blocks a service or application.
To change an outbound firewall rule for a service or application:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4. Select Settings > Content Filtering > Block Services.
The Block Services page displays.
5. In the Service Table, select the radio button for the rule.
6. Click the Edit button.
The Block Services Setup page displays.
7. Change the settings.
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