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Advanced Wireless-N Router

Linksys E2000

Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration

Status

Policies are disabled by default . To enable a policy,

select the policy number from the drop-down menu, and

select Enabled .
To create a policy, follow steps 1-11 . Repeat these steps to

create additional policies, one at a time .
1 . Select a number from the Access Policy drop-down

menu .

2 . Enter a Policy Name in the field provided .
3 . To enable this policy, select Enabled .
4 . Click Edit List to select which computers will be affected

by the policy . The List of PCs screen appears . You can

select a computer 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 computers . After making your

changes, click Save Settings to apply your changes, or

click Cancel Changes to clear your changes . Then click

Close .

List of PCs

5 . Select the appropriate option, Deny or Allow,

depending on whether you want to block or allow

Internet access for the computers you listed on the List
of PCs
screen .

6 . Decide which days and what times you want this

policy 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 .

7 . You can block websites with specific URL addresses .

Enter each URL in a separate Website Blocking by URL
Address
field .

8 . You can also block websites using specific keywords .

Enter each keyword in a separate Keyword field .

9 . You can filter access to various services accessed over

the Internet, such as FTP or telnet . (You can block up to

three applications per policy .)
From the Applications list, select the application you

want to block . Then click the >> button to move it to

the Blocked List . To remove an application from the

Blocked List, select it and click the << button .

10 . If the application you want to block is not listed or you

want to edit a service’s settings, enter the application’s

name in the Application Name field . Enter its range

in the Port Range fields . Select its protocol from the
Protocol drop-down menu . Then click Add .
To modify a service, select it from the Application

list . Change its Application Name, Port Range, and/or

Protocol setting . Then click Modify .
To delete a service, select it from the Application list .

Then click Delete .

11 . Click Save Settings to save the policy’s settings . To

cancel the policy’s settings, click Cancel Changes .

Applications and Gaming > Single Port

Forwarding

The Single Port Forwarding screen allows you to customize

port services for various applications .
When users send these types of requests to your network

via the Internet, the Router will forward those requests to

the appropriate computers (also called servers) . Before using

forwarding, you should assign static IP addresses to the

designated computers (use the DHCP Reservation option on

the Basic Setup screen; refer to DHCP Reservation, page 19) .

Applications and Gaming > Single Port Forwarding

Single Port Forwarding

Preset applications are available for the first five entries .

For each entry, complete the following:

Application Name

Select the appropriate application .

To IP Address

Enter the IP address of the computer that

should receive the requests . If you assigned a static IP

address to the computer, then you can look up its static IP

address; refer to DHCP Reservation, page 19 .

Enabled

Select Enabled to enable port forwarding .

You can customize entries for additional applications . For

each entry, complete the following:

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