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3‐7Firewall
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Thisbroadbandroutersupportsseveralfirewallfunctionswhichwillhelpyoutoprotect
yournetworkandcomputer.Inthischapter,instructionsforusingthesefunctionswillbe
given,soyoucanutilizethesefunctionstoprotectyournetworkfromhackersand
maliciousintruders.
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3‐7‐1AccessControl
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Byusingaccesscontrol,youcanrestrictyourcomputersfromaccessingimproperwebsite,
orusingdisallowedapplications.YoucanevenonlyallowcomputerswithcertainMAC
addresstoaccessthenetwork,ordenythecomputersinthelistfromaccessingInternet.
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MACFiltering:DenyorallowaccessbasedonMAC
addressofclientcomputer 
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 Herearedescriptionsofeverysetupitems:
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ItemName Description
EnableMACFiltering CheckthisboxtoenableMACaddressbased
filtering,andpleaseselect‘Deny’or‘Allow’to
decidethebehaviorofMACfilteringtable.If
youselectdeny,allMACaddresseslistedin
filteringtablewill bedeniedfromconnecting
Internet;ifyouselectallow,onlyMAC
addresseslisted
infilteringtablewillbeableto
connecttoInternet.
ClientPCMACaddress PleaseinputtheMACaddressofcomputeror
networkdevicehere,dash(‐)orcolon(:)are
notrequired.(i.e.IftheMACaddresslabelof
yourwirelessdeviceindicates
‘aa‐bb‐cc‐dd‐ee‐ff’or‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’,just
input‘aabbccddeeff’
ComputerName Allcomputernamesfoundbythisbroadband