Firewall; Firewall General Settings - Linksys LRT214 User Manual

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Firewall

Firewall General Settings

General
The firewall is enabled by default . If the firewall is set as disabled, features such
as SPI, DoS, and outbound packet responses will be turned off automatically .
Meanwhile, the remote management feature will be activated . The network
access rules and content filter will be turned off .
NOTE Remember to click Save to save your settings before leaving the page .
You can also click Cancel to undo the changes .
NOTE Remember to click Save to save your settings before leaving the page .
You can also click Cancel to undo the changes .
Firewall
SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
DoS (Denial of Service)
Block WAN Request
Remote Management
HTTPS Multicast Pass Through
UPnP
Firewall
Turn on/off the firewall .
Enables the packet automatic
authentication detection technology .
The firewall operates mainly at the
network layer . By running the dynamic
authentication for each connection, it
will also perform an alarming function
for application procedure . Meanwhile,
the packet authentication firewall may
decline the connections that use non-
standard communication protocol .
Prevents DoS attacks such as SYN
Flooding, Smurf, LAND, Ping of Death,
IP Spoofing and so on .
When enabled, shuts down outbound
ICMP and abnormal packet responses
in connection . Default value is
enabled, which prevents users from
pinging the WAN IP from outside the
network .
Must be enabled to enter the device's
Web-based UI remotely . A valid
external IP address (WAN IP) for the
device should be filled in and the
modifiable default control port should
be adjusted (the default is set to 80,
modifiable) .
HTTPS is more secure . This feature
allows user to turn on HTTPS .
There are many audio and visual
streaming media on the network .
Broadcasting may allow the client end
to receive this type of packet message
format . This feature is off by default .
This feature allows users to enable/
disable UPnP .
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