5 firewall rule – PLANET WRT-415 User Manual

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Note: Any clients added to the DMZ exposes the clients to security risks such as viruses and

unauthorized access.

3.5.5 Firewall Rule

This screen enables you to set up the firewall. The WRT-415 provides basic firewall functions, by filtering

all the packets that enter the WRT-415 using a set of rules. The rules are in an order sequence list: the

lower the rule number is, the higher the priority the rule has.

The rule profiles are listed in the table at the bottom of the page.

Enable: Click to enable or disable the firewall rule profile.

Name: Type a descriptive name for the firewall rule profile.

Action: Select whether to allow or deny packets that conform to the rule.

Inactive Timeout: Type the timeout period in seconds in this field. If the network is inactive for the

specified duration, the router refuses the incoming packet.

Source: Defines the source of the incoming packet that the rule is applied to.

Interface: Select which interface (WAN or LAN) the rule is applied to.

IP Range Start: Type the start IP address that the rule is applied to.

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