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Wireless Router SURFboard® SBR-AC1750 • User Guide

Set Up Firewall Protection

You can set up firewall filters and firewall alert notifications on your wireless home network.

To set the firewall protection level:

1. Do one of the following to open the Firewall Enable/Disable screen:

• Log in to the SBR-AC1750 Web Manager and then click the Firewall menu button on the

SBR-AC1750 Main Menu and then select

Firewall Settings

• Log in to the SBR-AC1750 Web Manager and then click the Firewall Settings menu link at

the bottom of the screen.

Figure 36 – Firewall Enable/Disable Screen

2. Click

Enable Firewall

to turn on firewall protection on your home network.

3. Click

Apply

Note

: If

Enable Firewall

is not checked, firewall protection is disabled on your home network. Your

computer(s) and other Ethernet-enabled devices on your home network will be at risk for possible

attacks from viruses and hackers.

Set Up Port Forwarding

You can use Port Forwarding to set up a computer or other network device on your home

network (LAN) to be accessible to computers or other remote network devices on the Internet.

This feature allows inbound traffic from the Internet to specific ports behind the firewall on your

LAN. You set up dedicated connections between your computer and other remote computers

for online gaming or other online services. Some allowable services are predefined under the

Commonly Forwarded Ports (see Figure 38).

To set up Port Forwarding:

1. Log in to the SBR-AC1750 Web Manager and then click

Firewall

on the SBR-AC1750 Main

Menu bar.

2. Click

Port Forwarding

from the Firewall submenu options.