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Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

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select a PC by MAC Address or IP Address. You can also

enter a range of IP Addresses if you want this policy

to affect a group of PCs. After making your changes,

click Save Settings to apply your changes or Cancel

Changes to clear your changes. Then click Close.

List of PCs

Select the appropriate option,

5.

Deny or Allow,

depending on whether you want to block or allow

Internet access for the PCs you listed on the List of PCs

screen.
Decide which days and what times you want this policy

6.

to be enforced. Select the individual days during which

the policy will be in effect, or select Everyday. Then

enter a range of hours and minutes during which the

policy will be in effect, or select 24 Hours.
Select any Blocked Services or Website Blocking you

7.

wish to use.
Click

8.

Save Settings to save the policy’s settings, or

click Cancel Changes to cancel the policy’s settings.

Blocked Services

You can filter access to various services accessed over the

Internet, such as FTP or telnet, by selecting services from

the drop-down menus next to Blocked Services. (You can

block up to 20 services.) Then enter the range of ports you

want to filter.
If the service you want to block is not listed or you want to

edit a service’s settings, then click Add/Edit Service. The

Port Services screen appears.

Port Services

To add a service, enter the service’s name in the Service

Name field. Select its protocol from the Protocol drop-

down menu, and enter its range in the Port Range fields.

Then click Add.

To modify a service, select it from the list on the right.

Change its name, protocol setting, or port range. Then

click Modify.
To delete a service, select it from the list on the right. Then

click Delete.
When you are finished making changes on the Port

Services screen, click Apply to save the changes. If you

want to clear your changes, click Cancel. To close the Port

Services screen and return to the Access Restrictions screen,

click Close.

Website Blocking by URL Address

If you want to block websites with specific URL addresses,

enter each URL in a separate field next to Website Blocking

by URL Address.

Website Blocking by Keyword

If you want to block websites using specific keywords,

enter each keyword in a separate field next to Website

Blocking by Keyword.
Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel

Changes to clear your changes.

Applications and Gaming > Port Range

Forward

The Applications & Gaming > Port Range Forward screen

allows you to set up public services on your network, such as

web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized

Internet applications. (Specialized Internet applications are

any applications that use Internet access to perform functions

such as videoconferencing or online gaming. Some Internet

applications may not require any forwarding.)

Applications and Gaming > Port Range Forward

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