User's Manual

Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
6
i
s a directory on the device that a user can access through
t
h
e networ
k
.
Stora
g
e > A
d
ministratio
n
Th
e A
d
ministratio
n
screen allows
y
ou to con
f
igure basic
stora
g
e settin
g
s and mana
g
e the device’s users
.
Storage > Media Serve
r
T
h
e
M
e
d
i
a
Serve
r
screen allows you to configure the
r
device’s built-in media server
,
and to select the folders to
scan
f
or content
.
S
ecurit
y
Ta
b
T
he Security tab allows you to enhance the security o
f
y
our networ
k
.
For detailed in
f
ormation on the Securit
y
tab, re
f
er to the
Utility’s online help pages
.
Securit
y
> Firewa
ll
T
he
F
irewal
l
screen allows you to configure a firewall that
l
can
f
ilter out various t
y
pes o
f
unwanted tra
ff
ic on the
de
vi
ce
’
s
l
oca
l n
et
w
o
rk
.
Securit
y
> VPN Passthroug
h
T
h
e
V
PN Passthrou
gh
screen allows
y
ou to con
f
igure the
device’s VPN passthrough feature. This feature lets VPN
tunne
l
s using t
h
e IPSec, L2TP, or PPTP protoco
l
s to pass
throu
g
h the device’s
f
irewall
.
Access Restrictions Tab
T
he Access Restrictions tab allows
y
ou to con
f
igure
the Internet access restrictions
f
or each device in
y
our
n
etwork.
For detailed in
f
ormation on the Access Restrictions tab
,
r
e
f
er to the Utilit
y
’s online help pages.
Access Restrictions > Internet Access Polic
y
T
h
e
I
nternet Access Polic
y
screen allows
y
ou to de
f
ine
p
olicies that are used to block or allow s
p
ecific kinds
o
f
Internet usage and tra
ff
ic, such as Internet access,
desi
g
nated applications, websites, and inbound tra
ff
ic
during specific days and times, and for a specified list o
f
d
evices in
y
our networ
k.
App
l
ications & Gaming Ta
b
T
he Applications & Gaming tab allows you to configure
f
unctions such as port
f
orwarding and qualit
y
o
f
service
that ma
y
be necessar
y
f
or special applications such as
hosting web servers, ftp servers, and e-mail servers on on
y
our networ
k
, or ot
h
er specia
l
ize
d
internet app
l
ications
such as videocon
f
erencin
g
or online
g
amin
g
.
For detailed information on the Applications & Gaming
tab, re
f
er to the Utilit
y
’s online help pages
.
App
l
ications & Gamin
g
> Sin
gl
e Port Forwar
d
in
g
Th
e Sing
l
e Port Forwar
d
in
g
screen a
ll
ows
y
ou to set up
p
ort
f
orwardin
g
f
or a sin
g
le port. You should assi
g
n static
IP addresses to the destination computers before you use
this
f
eature
.
App
l
ications & Gamin
g
> Port Ran
g
e Forwar
d
in
g
Th
e Port Range Forwar
d
ing
s
creen a
ll
ows
y
ou to set up
p
ort
f
orwardin
g
f
or a ran
g
e o
f
ports. You should assi
g
n
static IP addresses to the destination com
p
uters before
y
ou use this
f
eature.
App
l
ications & Gamin
g
> Port Ran
g
e Tri
gg
erin
g
Th
e Port Range Triggering screen a
ll
ows
y
ou to set up port
tri
gg
erin
g
. When port tri
gg
erin
g
is con
f
i
g
ured, the device
watches for specified port numbers in outgoing data.
W
hen a match is
f
ound, the device records the sending
computer’s IP address so that when the requested data
r
eturns, it can be sent to the
p
ro
p
er com
p
uter
.
App
l
ications & Gamin
g
> DMZ
T
he
D
M
Z
screen allows you to expose one network user
to the Internet
f
or use o
f
a special-purpose service such
as Internet
g
amin
g
or video con
f
erencin
g
. DMZ hostin
g
f
orwards all the
p
orts at the same time to one com
p
uter.
You s
h
ou
ld
assign static IP a
dd
resses to t
h
e
d
estination
computers be
f
ore
y
ou use this
f
eature
.
Applications & Gaming > Qo
S
T
h
e
Q
oS
s
creen allows
y
ou to speci
fy
priorities
f
or di
ff
erent
types of traffic. Lower priority traffic will be slowed down
to allow greater throughput or less dela
y
f
or high priorit
y
t
r
aff
i
c.
Administration Ta
b
T
he Administration tab allows
y
ou to con
f
igure the device’s
ad
mini
st
r
at
iv
e
fu
n
ct
i
o
n
s.
For detailed information on the Administration tab
,
refer
to t
h
e Uti
l
it
y
’s on
l
ine
h
e
l
p pages
.
A
d
ministration > Mana
g
emen
t
Th
e
M
anagemen
t
s
creen allows
y
ou to manage speci
f
ic
f
unctions
f
or access and securit
y.