Advanced configuration – Linksys WRT120N User Manual

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Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

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Wireless-N Home Router

Summary

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 Internet Access PC List 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.

Internet Access PC List

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
Internet Access PC List 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.

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