Creating An Access Rule - Cisco RV180 Administrator's Manual

Configuring the Firewall
Configuring Access Rules
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
Cisco RV180/RV180W Administration Guide

Creating an Access Rule

Access rules specify the type of traffic that is allowed into and out of your
network. To create access rules:
Choose Firewall > Access Rules.
Click Add Rule.
Under Connection Type, choose the destination of traffic covered by this rule:
• Inbound—Traffic from the Internet (WAN) to your network (LAN)
• Outbound—Traffic from your network (LAN) to the Internet (WAN)
Choose the action:
• Always Block—Always block the selected type of traffic.
• Always Allow—Never block the selected type of traffic.
• Block by schedule, otherwise allow—Blocks the selected type of traffic
according to a schedule. Choose the schedule from the drop-down list. See
Creating Schedules, page
• Allow by schedule, otherwise block—Allows the selected type of traffic
according to a schedule. Choose the schedule from the drop-down list. See
Creating Schedules, page
Choose the service to allow or block for this rule. Choose Any Traffic to allow the
rule to apply to all applications and services, or you can choose a single
application to block:
• AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
• BGP (Border Gateway Control)
• BOOTP_CLIENT (Bootstrap Protocol client)
• BOOTP_SERVER (Bootstrap Protocol server)
• CU-SEEME (videoconferencing) UDP or TCP
• DNS (Domain Name System), UDP or TCP
• FINGER
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• HTTP (Hyptertext Transfer Protocol)
96.
96.
4
80