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Access Control
Click  the  Add  Policy   button  to  start  the  Access 
Control Wizard. 
Add Policy:
The Access Control section allows you to control access in and out of your network. Use this feature as Parental Controls to only grant access to 
approved sites, limit web access based on time or dates, and/or block access from applications like P2P utilities or games.
Click Next to continue with the wizard.
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Enter a name for the policy and then click Next to continue.
Select  a  schedule  (I.E.  Always)  from  the  drop-down  menu  and 
then click Next to continue.
Enter the following information and then click  Next to continue.
•  Address  Type   -  Select  IP  address,  MAC  address,  or  Other 
Machines.
•  IP Address - Enter the IP address of the computer you want 
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Select the filtering method and then click Next to continue.
If you selected  Apply Advanced Port Filters , then enter the rule:
  Enable - Check to enable the rule.
  Name - Enter a name for your rule.
  Dest IP Start - Enter the starting IP address.
  Dest IP End - Enter the ending IP address.
  Protocol - Select the protocol.
  Dest Port Start - Enter the starting port number.
  Dest Port End - Enter the ending port number.
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Website Filters are used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites by the URL or domain. A URL is a specially formatted text string 
that defines a location on the Internet. If any part of the URL contains the blocked word, the site will not be accessible and the web page will not 
display. To use this feature, enter the text string to be blocked and click  Save Settings. The text to be blocked will appear in the list. To delete the...

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Enter a name for the inbound filter rule.
Select Allow or Deny.
Check to enable rule.
Enter the starting IP address. Enter 0.0.0.0 if you do not want 
to specify an IP range.
Enter the ending IP address. Enter 255.255.255.255 if you do 
not want to specify and IP range.
Click  the  Add  button  to  add  the  rule. You  must  click  Save 
Settings at the top to save the settings.
This section will list any rules that are created. You may click 
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SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet 
filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state 
per  session.  It  validates  that  the  traffic  passing  through  the 
session conforms to the protocol.
Select one of the following for TCP and UDP ports:
Endpoint Independent  - Any incoming traffic sent to an open 
port will be forwarded to the application that opened the port. 
The port will close if idle for 5...

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Application Level Gateway Configuration
Here you can enable or disable ALG’s. Some protocols and applications require special handling of the IP payload to make them work with network 
address translation (NAT ). Each ALG provides special handling for a specific protocol or application. A number of ALGs for common applications 
are enabled by default.
Allows multiple machines on the LAN to connect to their corporate network using PPTP protocol....

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Enter the IP address of packets that will take this route.
Enter the netmask of the route, please note that the octets 
must match your destination IP address.
Enter  your  next  hop  gateway  to  be  taken  if  this  route  is 
used.
The route metric is a value from 1 to 16 that indicates the 
cost of using this route. A value 1 is the lowest cost and 15 
is the highest cost. 
Select the interface that the IP packet must use to transit 
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Set the transmit power of the antennas.
Beacons  are  packets  sent  by  a  Router  to  synchronize  a 
wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting 
and is recommended. 
This  value  should  remain  at  its  default  setting  of  2432.  If 
inconsistent data flow is a problem, only a minor modification 
should be made.
The  fragmentation  threshold,  which  is  specified  in  bytes, 
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WISH is short for Wireless Intelligent Stream Handling, a technology developed to enhance your experience of using a wireless network by prioritizing 
the traffic of different applications. 
Enable  this  option  if  you  want  to  allow WISH  to  prioritize 
your traffic. 
Enable WISH:
Allows  the  router  to  recognize  HTTP  transfers  for  many 
common  audio  and  video  streams  and  prioritize  them 
above  other  traffic.  Such  streams  are...