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(4) Firewall
Firewall Options
Enable Hacker Attack Protect
The hackers always try to break into you system or crack down your network. The
gateway provides hacker attack protect modules to protect your home network.
Discard PING from WAN side
“Ping” is the most widely used tool to diagnose the network. Hackers use “ping” to
discover your gateway firstly and try to hack your home network later. Discard
“ping” from WAN side prevent the hacker from discovering your home network by
using “ping”.
Disallow to PING the Gateway
Check this item not only prevent ping from the WAN side, but also prevent pinging
the home gateway from the LAN side. The side effect is to increase the difficulty to
diagnose your home network.
Drop Port Scan Packets
The most famous Internet hacking method is the port scan. “Port scan” scans all
the TCP/UDP port of a station to find out the opened ports. After confirmed, the
hackers try to connect to the listened ports to attack your computer. Check this
option, the home gateway will drop the port scan packets to protect your system.