Url Filter - SMC Networks WBR14-3GN User Manual

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System Configuration
- Edit: Click "Edit" to highlight a preconfigured packet filtering rule for changing its
parameters.
- Delete: Deletes a packet filtering rule from the list.

URL Filter

By filtering inbound Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) the risk of compromising the
network can be reduced. URLs are commonly used to point to websites. By
specifying a URL or a keyword contained in a URL traffic from that site may be
blocked.
Click "Network Settings" followed by "URL Filter."
URL Filter — Globally enables URL filtering. (Default: Enabled, maximum 32 entries
are allowed.)
• Enable – Enables the filtering rule on a specified LAN IP address.
(Default: Disabled)
• Client IP – Specifies the LAN IP address that traffic should be blocked from.
• URL Filter String – Specifies either a string, or a specific website address that
traffic is to be blocked from. May be in the form of a text or number string with no
spaces, or a website address.
• Action – Specifies an action to take on the URL packet filtering configuration.
- Change: By selecting a URL filtering configuration from the table its parameters
display in an editable form. Click "Change" to save parameters once you have
updated them.
- Add: Adds a newly configured URL filter that denies forwarding in to the local
area network to the list.
- Edit: Click "Edit" to highlight a URL filtering rule in the list for changing its
parameters.
- Delete: Deletes a URL filtering rule from the list.
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Figure 5-51. URL Filtering (Router mode)