User's Manual

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Wireless-N Router
Linksys E1550 Chapter 1: Advanced Configuration
Status Policies are disabled by default. To enable a policy,
select the policy number from the drop-down menu, and
select Enabled.
To create a policy, follow steps 1-11. Repeat these steps to
create additional policies, one at a time.
1. Select a number from the Access Policy drop-down
menu.
2. Enter a Policy Name in the field provided.
3. To enable this policy, select Enabled.
4. Click Edit List to select which computers will be affected
by the policy. The List of PCs screen appears. You can
select a computer by MAC address or IP address. You
can also enter a range of IP addresses if you want this
policy to affect a group of computers. After making your
changes, click Save Settings to apply your changes, or
click Cancel Changes to clear your changes. Then click
Close.
List of PCs
5. Select the appropriate option, Deny or Allow,
depending on whether you want to block or allow
Internet access for the computers you listed on the List
of PCs screen.
6. Decide which days and what times you want this
policy to be enforced. Select the individual days during
which the policy will be in effect, or select Everyday.
Then enter a range of hours and minutes during which
the policy will be in effect, or select 24 Hours.
7. You can block websites with specific URL addresses.
Enter each URL in a separate Website Blocking by URL
Address field.
8. You can also block websites using specific keywords.
Enter each keyword in a separate Website Blocking by
Keyword field.
9. You can filter access to various services accessed over
the Internet, such as FTP or telnet. (You can block up to
three applications per policy.)
From the Applications list, select the application you
want to block. Then click the >> button to move it to
the Blocked List. To remove an application from the
Blocked List, select it and click the << button.
10. If the application you want to block is not listed or you
want to edit a service’s settings, enter the application’s
name in the Application Name field. Enter its range
in the Port Range fields. Select its protocol from the
Protocol drop-down menu. Then click Add.
To modify a service, select it from the Applications
list. Change its Application Name, Port Range, and/or
Protocol setting. Then click Modify.
To delete a service, select it from the Applications list.
Then click Delete.
11. Click Save Settings to save the policy’s settings, or
click Cancel Changes to clear the changes.