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Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router with Phone Adapter WGR826V
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202-10051-01, March 2005
• Services: Select the desired Service or application to be covered by this firewall rule. If the
desired service or application does not appear in the list, you must define it using the Services
menu.
• Action: Select the desired action for packets covered by this rule:
–BLOCK always
– ALLOW always
– ALLOW by schedule, otherwise Block
Note:
Any outbound traffic which is not blocked by firewall rules you create will be allowed by the
Default rule.
ALLOW rules are only useful if the traffic is already covered by a BLOCK rule. (That is, you
wish to allow a subset of traffic which is currently blocked by another rule.)
To define the Schedule used in these selections, use the "Schedule" screen.
• LAN users: These settings determine which computers on your network are affected by this
firewall rule, based on their source (LAN) IP address. Select the desired option:
– Any - All local IP addresses are covered by this firewall rule.
– Address range - If this option is selected, you must enter the "Start" and "Finish" fields.
– Single address - Enter the required address in the "Start" fields.
• WAN Servers: These settings determine which Internet locations are covered by the firewall
rule, based on their d estimation (WAN) IP address. Select the desired option:
– Any - All Internet IP address are covered by this firewall rule.
– Address range - If this option is selected, you must enter the "Start" and "Finish" fields.
– Single address - Enter the required address in the "Start" fields.
• Log: This determines whether packets covered by this firewall rule are logged. Select the
desired action:
– Never - never log traffic considered by this firewall rule, whether it matches or not.
– Match - Log traffic only it matches this firewall rule. (The action is determined by this
firewall rule.)