Inbound Access Restriction - peplink Balance One User Manual

USER MANUAL
Peplink Balance Series
C.4

Inbound Access Restriction

C.4.1 Scenario
A firewall is required in order to protect the network from potential hacker attacks and other Internet
security threats.
C.4.2 Solution
Firewall functionality is builtinto the Peplink Balance. By default, inbound access is unrestricted. Enabling
a basic level of protection involves setting up firewall rules.
For example, in order to protect your private network from external access, you can set up a firewall rule
between the Internet and yourprivate network.To do so,navigate to Network > Access Rules. Then click
the Add Rulebutton in theInbound Firewall Rulestableand change the settings according to the
following screenshot:
After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot, click Save to add the rule.
Afterwards, change the default inbound rule toDeny by clicking thedefaultrule in the Inbound Firewall
Rulestable.Click Apply Changes on the top right corner to complete the process.
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