Basic Security - TP-Link TL-WR743ND User Manual

4.10.1 Basic Security

Choose menu "Security → Basic Security", and then you can configure the basic security in the
screen as shown in Figure 4-45.
Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or
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disable the Router's firewall.
SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering)
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helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that the
traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by
factory default. If you want all the computers on the LAN exposed to the outside world,
you can disable it.
VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using IPSec,
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PPTP, or L2TP protocols to pass through the Router's firewall.
PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point
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Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to pass
through the Router, keep the default, Enabled.
TL-WR743ND 150Mbps Wireless AP/Client Router
Figure 4-45 Basic Security
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