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| Configuring the Router

Security

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SECURITY

There are four submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 88:

Basic Security, Advanced Security, Local Management and Remote

Management. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the

corresponding function.

Figure 68: The Security Menu

BASIC SECURITY Select Security -> Basic Security from the menu; you can configure the

basic security in the screen as shown in Figure 69.

Figure 69: Basic Security

◆ VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN

tunnels using IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP protocols to pass through the

Router’s firewall.

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PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)

allows the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an

IP network. To allow PPTP tunnels to pass through the Router, keep

the default, Enabled.

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L2TP Passthrough - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is the

method used to enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on

the Layer 2 level. To allow L2TP tunnels to pass through the Router,

keep the default, Enabled.