Content Filtering - Siemens SCALANCE W1750D UI Configuration Manual

Roles and Policies

15.2 Content Filtering

15.2 Content Filtering
The content filtering feature allows you to route DNS requests to the OpenDNS platform and
create content filtering policies.
With content filter, you can achieve the following:
● Allow all DNS requests to the non-corporate domains on a wireless or wired network to
be sent to the OpenDNS server. When the OpenDNS credentials are configured, the AP
uses these credentials to access OpenDNS and provide enterprise-level content filtering.
For more information, see Configuring OpenDNS Credentials (Page 402).
● Block certain categories of websites based on your organization policy. For example, if
you block the web- based-email category, clients who are assigned this policy will not be
able to visit email-based websites such as mail.yahoo.com.
● Prevent known malware hosts from accessing your wireless network.
● Improve employee productivity by limiting access to certain websites.
● Reduce bandwidth consumption significantly.
Note
Regardless of whether content filtering is disabled or enabled, the DNS requests to
http://direct.siemens.com are always resolved internally on SCALANCE W.
The content filtering configuration applies to all APs in the network and the service is
enabled or disabled globally across the wireless or wired network profiles.
Enabling Content Filtering
Enabling Content Filtering for a Wireless Profile
To enable content filtering for a wireless SSID, perform the following steps:
In the SCALANCE W UI
1. Select a wireless profile in the Network tab and then click the edit link. The window for
editing the WLAN SSID profile is displayed.
2. Click Show advanced options.
3. Select Enabled from the Content Filtering drop-down list, and click Next to continue.
You can also enable content filtering while adding a new wireless profile. For more
information, see Configuring WLAN Settings for an SSID Profile (Page 110)
In the CLI
To enable content filtering on a WLAN SSID:
(scalance)(config)# wlan ssid-profile <name>
(scalance)(SSID Profile <name>)# content-filtering
(scalance)(SSID Profile <name>)# end
(scalance)# commit apply
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