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There are four submenus under the Firewall menu: Rule, LAN Host, WAN Host, Schedule and
DDoS. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.
4.11.1 Rule
Choose menu "Firewall" → "Rule", and then you can view and set Access Control rules in the
screen as shown in Figure 4-44.
Enable Firewall: Select the check box to enable the Firewalll function, so the Default Filtering
Rules can take effect.
Description: Here displays the description of the rule and this name is unique.
LAN Host: Here displays the host selected in the corresponding rule.
Target: Here displays the target selected in the corresponding rule.
Schedule: Here displays the schedule selected in the corresponding rule.
Status: Here displays the status of the rule, enabled or not.
Edit: Here you can edit or delete an existing rule.
Add New: Click the Add New button to add a new rule entry.
Enable Selected: Click the Enable Selected button to enable the selected rules in the list.
Disable Selected: Click the Disable Selected button to disable the selected rules in the list.
Delete Selected: Click the Delete Selected button to delete the selected entries in the table.
The methods to add a new rule:
1.
Click the Add New button and the next screen will pop up as shown in Figure 4-45.
2.
Give a name (e.g. Rule_1) for the rule in the Description field.
3.
Select a host from the LAN Host drop-down list or choose "Add LAN Host".
4.
Select a target from the WAN Host drop-sown list or choose "Add WAN Host".
5.
Select a schedule from the Schedule drop-down list or choose "Add Schedule".
6.
In the Action field, select Deny or Allow to deny or allow your entry.
7.
In the Status field, select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable your entry.
8.
In the Direction field, select IN or OUT from the drop-down list for the direction.
9.
In the Protocol field, here are four options, All, TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Select one of them
from the drop-down list for the target.
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Figure 4-44
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