Security; Firewall - TP-Link TL-WR941N User Manual

Current UPnP Status - UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the Enable or Disable
button. As allowing this may present a risk to security, this feature is disabled by default.
Current UPnP Settings List - This table displays the current UPnP information.
App Description -The description provided by the application in the UPnP request
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External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application.
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Protocol - Shows which type of protocol is opened.
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Internal Port - Internal port, which the router opened for local host.
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IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router.
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Status - The port's status displayed here. "Enabled" means that port is still active.
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Otherwise, the port is inactive.
Click Refresh to update the Current UPnP Settings List.
4.9

Security

Figure 4-30 The Security menu
There are four submenus under the Security menu (shown in Figure 4-30): Firewall, IP Filtering,
Domain Filtering and MAC Filtering. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding function.

4.9.1 Firewall

Choose menu "Security→Firewall", you can control the general firewall switch in the firewall
page (shown in Figure 4-31). The default setting for the switch is off. When the general firewall
switch is off, even if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their
settings are ineffective.
TL-WR941N/TL-WR941ND
Figure 4-29 UPnP Setting
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Wireless N Router