User's Manual

LinkTek WL11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide

Firewall

Firewall rules in the router are put in place to allow or block specified traffic. The rules are based

on IP address and TCP/UDP port.

Firewall menu

Configure the filter rules as desired and click the

Apply

button to create the rule. The newly

created rule appears listed in the Firewall Rule List.

To configure a new application triggered port forwarding rule, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Enabled option for

Firewall Rules

2. Type a

Name

for the rule being created.

3. Choose the

Action

to be applied, Allow or Deny (block) the traffic to pass through.

4. For the

Source

interface of the traffic, choose LAN, WAN or Any and type an IP address

range to which to action specified in the rule.

5. For the Destination interface of the traffic, choose LAN, WAN or Any and type an IP

address range to which to action specified in the rule. There is an option to specify the

protocol, Any, TCP, UDP or ICMP. For TCP and UDP traffic, a port or port range must be

specified.

6. Choose an available

Schedule

for the rule to be applied. Schedules can be created

using the

Schedule

menu in the

Tools

directory.

7. Click the

Apply

button to put the rule into effect. The newly created forwarding rule

appears listed in the Firewall Rules List.

To modify an existing rule, click on the notepad icon in the last column of the Firewall Rules List.

To remove a rule, click the

to delete it.