User's Manual

Chapter 3 – Setting up the Gateway with a Network
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4 Do any of the following:
• Disable Intrusion Detection (Not
recommended) – Click this checkbox to disable
the firewall intrusion detection system.
• Set IP Blocking Threshold – Enter a number in
this text field. See More About for more
information.
• Set Blocking Duration – Enter a number in this
text field. See More About for more information.
• Blocking Exception List – Click this button to
access another screen in which you can specify
IP addresses to be excluded from being blocked.
• View the Security Log – Click this button to
view the Security Log.
• Unblock All – Click this button to exclude all IP
addresses from being blocked.
5 Click Apply to save these new settings.
More about Following describes the IP Blocking Threshold and
Blocking Duration in more detail.
• Set IP Blocking Threshold – This sets the
maximum number of port scans that can occur by an
external IP address before that IP address is
blocked. Enter a number in this text field. The default
value is 3. Recommended range is 2-5.
• Set Blocking Duration – This sets the minimum
duration during which a detected intruding IP address
cannot access your network. Enter a number in this
text field. The default value is 30 (minutes).
Important! Disabling the intrusion detection system
opens your network to unsolicited Internet
traffic, thus making your network
susceptible to intrusion attacks, viruses,
and so on.