Chapter 9 Ip/Services Grouping; Demands; Objectives; Methods - D-Link DFL-900 User Manual

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9.1

Demands

1. You hope to group some similar IP addresses to make it easier for editing the firewall rule.
2. You hope to group some similar services to make it easier for editing the firewall rule.
3. You hope to make your firewall rule taken effect by the pre-scheduled time.
9.2

Objectives

1. Through the IP addresses grouping, we can group the multiple IP addresses and make it easier to configure the firewall
rule.
2. Suppose you would like to use services to control the types of communication accepted or denied by the firewall, you can
add any of the predefined services or create a service group to edit the firewall rule manually.
3. Suppose the MSN policy cannot be used in your company from Monday to Friday 9:00~12:00, 13:00~17:30, but user can
use it any time after work. The administrator needs to create the schedules to meet the policy requirement.
9.3

Methods

1. You can configure the function under Basic Setup > Books > Address to group mutiple IP addresses into the an unigue
group.
2. You can configure the function under Basic Setup > Books > Services to group mutiple services into an unique group.
3. In the Basic Setup > Books > Schedule, define the schedule which will deny MSN service.
9.4

Steps

9.4.1 Setup Address

Step 1. Address Settings
Suppose you would like to configure a firewall
rule, you must define addresses to the addresses
list for each interface first. These addresses
should be valid, that is installed.
Click the Objects hyperlink and then select the
Define Objects on LAN1. Click Insert to add
a new address object.
IP/Services grouping
This chapter introduces group functions and explains how to edit it.
BASIC SETUP > Books > Address > Object
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