Security; Firewall - TP-Link TL-R460 User Manual

Enable UPnP - 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 Table - this table displays the current UPnP information.
App Description – The description provided by the application in the UPnP
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request
External Port - External port, which the router opened for the application.
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Protocol - 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 - Either Enabled or Disabled, "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.

5.7 Security

Figure 5-18 the Security menu
There are six submenus under the Security menu (shown in figure 5-18): Firewall, IP
Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Filtering, Remote Management and
Advanced Security. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided
below.

5.7.1 Firewall

Using the Firewall page (shown in figure 5-19), you can turn the general firewall switch
on or off. The default setting for the switch is off. If the general firewall switch is off, even
if IP Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are enabled, their settings are
ineffective.
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