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ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
3.3 Firewall
In addition to the NAT feature, this router provides rewall functionality to block
malicious intruders from accessing the computers on your local network. Click the
“Firewall” menu on the left of the Web management interface.
Firewall Module — Check to enable this function; uncheck to disable.
3.3.1 Access Control
This function allows or denies computers with a specic MAC address — or a
specic IP address, protocol or port — access to the network.
Enable MAC Filtering — Check this box to enable MAC address-based ltering,
and select “Deny” or “Allow” to determine the behavior of the MAC ltering table.
If you select “Deny,” all MAC addresses listed in the ltering table will be denied
access to the network; if you select “Allow,” only MAC addresses listed in the
ltering table will be able to connect to the network, and all other network devices
will be rejected.
Client PC MAC address — Enter the MAC address of the computer or network
device. Dashes (–) or colons ( : ) are not required. For example, if the MAC