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Watson SHDSL Router
Web-based Management Manual
Watson-SHDSL-Router-GUI-Manual.doc
Version 2.3-03
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Revision: 2012-02-29
 The 'Overview' screen allows you to choose the security level for the firewall
(refer to Section 8.2.1)
 The 'Access Control' screen can be used to restrict access from the home
network to the Internet (refer to Section 8.2.2).
 The 'Port Forwarding' screen can be used to enable access from the Internet
to specified services provided by computers in the home network and special
Internet applications (refer to Section 8.2.3).
 The 'DMZ Host' screen allows you to configure a LAN host to receive all traffic
arriving at your gateway, which does not belong to a known session (refer to
Section 8.2.4
 The 'Port Triggering' screen allows you to define port triggering entries, to dy-
namically open the firewall for some protocols or ports (refer to Section 8.2.5).
 The 'Website Restrictions' screen allows you to block LAN access to a certain
host or Web site on the Internet (refer to Section 8.2.6).
 The 'NAT' screen allows you to manually control the translation of network ad-
dresses and ports (refer to Section 8.2.7).
 The 'Connections' screen allows you to view all the connections that are cur-
rently open (refer to Section 8.2.8).
 The 'Advanced Filtering' screen allows you to implicitly control the firewall set-
ting and rules (refer to Section 8.2.9).
 The 'Log' screen allows you to view and configure the firewall Log (refer to
Section 8.2.9.2).
8.2.1 Overview
Use the 'General' screen to configure the gateway's basic security settings.
Figure 8-2: General
The firewall regulates the flow of data between the home network and the Internet.
Both incoming and outgoing data are inspected and then either accepted (allowed
to pass through Watson) or rejected (barred from passing through Watson) accord-