Motorola WR850GP User Manual page 40

Configuration
Field
Operation Mode:
(continued)
Firewall:
(ADVANCED)
WR850
• Dynamically assigning IP addresses to devices on your local
network, simplifying network set-up, using the Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
This is the WR850's built-in local area network DHCP server
(which is configured on the LAN Page).
• Routing and/or filtering data based on the protocol used
and/or its content, protecting your broadband connection and
your local network from undesired access.
This is the WR850's built-in firewall (which can be configured
with specific filters on the FILTERS Page, and with specific
routing "rules" on the ROUTING Page).
If all of these router functions are disabled, the WR850 simply
operates as a combination of a wireless access point and a wired
5-port Ethernet switch (the physical port labeled "WAN" becomes the
fifth "switched" port, along with the four "LAN" ports).
With router functions disabled, all WR850 configuration options that
use the IP addresses of local network devices are disabled (with any
entries into those fields ignored). However, all WR850 configuration
options that use Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of local
network devices – physical addresses uniquely assigned by
manufacturers to any network device -- are still available.
• Selecting Router enables router functions.
• Selecting Access Point disables router functions.
NOTE: If you wish to enable some router functions and not all, select
Router and then disable specific router functions via their
respective configuration options that follow.
For example, if you wish to use the firewall but have no need for
the DHCP server, select Router here and then disable DHCP
Server on the LAN Page.
Router
FACTORY DEFAULT:
Enables the built-in firewall, to protect your router and local network
from unauthorized access from the Internet.
• Selecting Enabled engages the built-in firewall.
• Selecting Disabled disengages the built-in firewall.
NOTE: It is recommended that the firewall be disabled only if you are
using alternative firewall protection software.
NOTE: Firewall is greyed out to Disabled if Operation Mode (above) is
set to Access Point.
Enabled
FACTORY DEFAULT:
Description
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