Configuring a user defined service, Configuring a user defined service -4 – NETGEAR MR814v2 User Manual

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Reference Manual for the MR814v2 Cable/DSL Wireless Router

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Content Filtering

To specify a service for blocking, click Add. The Add Services menu will appear, as shown below:

Figure 4-3: Add Services menu

From the Service Type list, select the application or service to be allowed or blocked. The list
already displays several common services, but you are not limited to these choices. To add any
additional services or applications that do not already appear, select User Defined.

Configuring a User Defined Service

To define a service, first you must determine which port number or range of numbers is used by
the application. The service numbers for many common protocols are defined by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) and published in RFC1700, “Assigned Numbers.” Service
numbers for other applications are typically chosen from the range 1024 to 65535 by the authors of
the application. This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the
application or from user groups of newsgroups.

Enter the Starting Port and Ending Port numbers. If the application uses a single port number, enter
that number in both boxes.

If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate protocol. If you are
not sure, select Both.

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