Internet access policy – Linksys E3000 User Manual

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High Performance Wireless-N Router

Linksys E3000

Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration

Access Restrictions > Internet Access

Internet Access Policy

Access Policy

Access can be managed by a policy . Use

the settings on this screen to establish an access policy

(after Save Settings is clicked) . Selecting a policy from

the drop-down menu will display that policy’s settings .

To delete a policy, select that policy’s number and click

Delete This Policy . To view all the policies, click Summary .

Summary

The policies are listed with the following information: No .,

Policy Name, Access, Days, Time, and status (Enabled) . To

enable a policy, select Enabled . To delete a policy, click

Delete . Click Save Settings to save your changes, or click

Cancel Changes to clear your changes . To return to the

Internet Access Policy screen, click Close .

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 PCs will be affected by the

policy . The List of PCs screen appears . You can 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 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 PCs 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 Website Blocking by

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 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, or

click Cancel Changes to clear the changes .

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