NETGEAR FVS318G Modem User Manual


 
ProSafe Gigabit 8 Port VPN Firewall FVS318G Reference Manual
4-42 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
v1.1, August 2010
Administrator Tips
Consider the following operational items:
As an option, you can enable remote management if you have to manage distant sites from a
central location (see “Configuring an External Server for Authentication” on page 6-11).
Although rules (see “Using Rules to Block or Allow Specific Kinds of Traffic” on page 4-2) is
the basic way of managing the traffic through your system, you can further refine your control
with the following optional features of the VPN firewall:
Groups and hosts (see “Managing Groups and Hosts (LAN Groups)” on page 3-5)
Services (see “Services-Based Rules” on page 4-3)
Schedules (see “Setting a Schedule to Block or Allow Specific Traffic” on page 4-29)
Block sites (see “Blocking Internet Sites (Content Filtering)” on page 4-30)
Source MAC filtering (see “Configuring Source MAC Filtering” on page 4-33)
Port triggering (see “Configuring Port Triggering” on page 4-37)