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For example, in order to protect your private network from external access, you can set

up a firewall rule between the Internet and your private network. To do so, navigate to

Advanced>Firewall>Access Rules. Then click the Add Rule button in the Inbound

Firewall Rules table and change the settings according to the following screenshot:

After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot, click Save to add the rule.

Afterwards, change the default inbound rule to Deny by clicking the default rule in the

Inbound Firewall Rules table. Click Apply Changes on the top right corner to

complete the process.

Outbound Access Restriction

Scenario

For security reasons, it may be appropriate to restrict outbound access. For example,

you may want to prevent LAN users from using ftp to transfer files to and from the

Internet. This can easily be achieved by setting up an outbound firewall rule with the

Peplink Balance.

Solution

To setup a firewall between Internet and private network for outbound access, navigate

to Advanced>Firewall>Access Rules. Click the Add Rule button in the Outbound

Firewall Rules table, and then adjust settings according the screenshot: