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202 | Roles and Policies Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 | User Guide
Configuring URL Filtering Policies
You can configure URL filtering policies to block certain categories of websites based on your organization
specifications by defining ACL rules either through the Instant UI or CLI.
In the Instant UI
1. Navigate to Security >Roles.
2. Select any WLAN SSID or wired profile role, and click New in the Access Rules section. The New Rule
window appears.
3. Select the rule type as Access Control.
4. To set an access policy based on the web category:
a. Under Services, select Web category and expand the Web categories drop-down.
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b. Select the categories to which you want to deny or allow access. You can also search for a web category
and select the required option.
c. From the Action drop-down, select Allow or Deny as required.
d. Click OK.
5. To filter access based on the security ratings of the website:
a. Select Web reputation under Services.
b. Move the slider to the required security rating level.
c. From the Action drop-down, select Allow or Deny as required.
6. To set a bandwidth limit based on web category or web reputation score, select Application Throttling
checkbox and specify the downstream and upstream rates in Kbps. For example, you can set a higher
bandwidth for trusted sites and a low bandwidth rate for high risk sites.
7. Click OK to save the rules.
8. Click OKin the Roles tab to save the changes to the role for which you defined ACL rules.
In the CLI
To control access based on web categories and security ratings:
(Instant AP)(config)# wlan access-rule <access_rule>
(Instant AP) (Access Rule "<access-rule>")# rule <dest> <mask> <match> webcategory <webgrp>
{permit| deny}[<option1....option9>]
(Instant AP) (Access Rule "<access-rule>")# rule <dest> <mask> <match> webreputation <webrep>
{permit|deny}[<option1....option9>]
(Instant AP) (Access Rule "<access-rule>")# end