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Firewall
14.1 Overview
This chapter shows you how to enable the Device firewall. Use the firewall to protect your Device
and network from attacks by hackers on the Internet and control access to it. The firewall:
• allows traffic that originates from your LAN computers to go to all other networks.
• blocks traffic that originates on other networks from going to the LAN.
• blocks SYN and port scanner attacks.
By default, the Device blocks DDOS, LAND and Ping of Death attacks whether the firewall is enabled
or disabled.
The following figure illustrates the firewall action. User
A
can initiate an IM (Instant Messaging)
session from the LAN to the WAN (1). Return traffic for this session is also allowed (2). However
other traffic initiated from the WAN is blocked (3 and 4).
Figure 98
Default Firewall Action
14.1.1 What You Can Do in the Firewall Screens
• Use the
General
screen (
) to select the firewall protection level on the
Device.
• Use the
Default Action
) to set the default action that the
firewall takes on packets that do not match any of the firewall rules.
• Use the
Rules
screen (
) to view the configured firewall rules and add,
edit or remove a firewall rule.
WAN
LAN
3
4
1
2
A
Summary of Contents for AMG1312-T10D
Page 4: ...Contents Overview AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 4 ...
Page 12: ...Table of Contents AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 12 ...
Page 18: ...Chapter 1 Introduction AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 18 ...
Page 24: ...Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 24 ...
Page 74: ...Chapter 6 Wireless AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 74 ...
Page 100: ...Chapter 7 Home Networking AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 100 ...
Page 138: ...Chapter 13 Filter AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 138 ...
Page 158: ...Chapter 15 Parental Control AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 158 ...
Page 166: ...Chapter 16 Certificates AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 166 ...
Page 172: ...Chapter 17 System Monitor AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 172 ...
Page 174: ...Chapter 18 User Account AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 174 ...
Page 178: ...Chapter 20 System AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 178 ...
Page 184: ...Chapter 22 Log Setting AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 184 ...
Page 190: ...Chapter 24 Backup Restore AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 190 ...
Page 202: ...Chapter 25 Remote Management AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 202 ...
Page 206: ...Chapter 26 Diagnostic AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 206 ...
Page 218: ...Appendix A Legal Information AMG1312 T10D User s Guide 218 Environmental Product Declaration ...