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• Action — Allow • Select UDP, Local, then type the Port No
as 68
• Direction — Outgoing • Select UDP, Remote, then type the Port
No as 67
Create a rule to allow DNS queries
• Rule Name — Type a name for the rule • Network Protocol (IPv4) — Not applicable
• Status — Enabled • Transport Protocol — Select Protocol
• Action — Allow • Select UDP, Remote, then type the Port
No as 53
• Direction — Outgoing
Create a rule to allow access to websites
• Rule Name — Type a name for the rule • Network Protocol (IPv4) — Not applicable.
• Status — Enabled • Transport Protocol — Select Protocol
• Action — Allow • Select TCP, Remote, then type the Port
No as 80
• Direction — Outgoing
Allow specific remote IP address and port access
• Rule Name — Type a name for the rule
• Status — Enabled
• Action — Allow
• Direction — Outgoing
• In Network Protocol (IPv4), select Remote | Subnet, then type the Subnet Mask value
• Transport Protocol — Select Protocol
• Select TCP, Remote, then type the Port No
You can type a single port number, or series of port numbers using a comma, or a range of
ports using a hyphen.
Recommended firewall rules
In addition to the default firewall rules, we recommend that you configure these rules:
• Allow bi-directional NTP port 123 to 123
• Allow bi-directional NetBIOS name service port 137 to 137
• Allow outgoing FTP client port 1024-65535 to 21
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