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Advanced_ Inbound Filter
When you use the Virtual Server, Port Forwarding, or Remote Administration features to
open specific ports to traffic from the Internet, you could be increasing the exposure of
your LAN to cyberattacks from the Internet. In these cases, you can use Inbound Filters
to limit that exposure by specifying the IP addresses of internet hosts that you trust to
access your LAN through the ports that you have opened. You might, for example, only
allow access to a game server on your home LAN from the computers of friends whom
you have invited to play the games on that server.
Inbound Filters can be used for limiting access to a server on your network to a system
or group of systems. Filter rules can be used with Virtual Server, Gaming, or Remote
Administration features. Each filter can be used for several functions; for example a
"Game Clan" filter might allow all of the members of a particular gaming group to play
several different games for which gaming entries have been created. At the same time
an "Admin" filter might only allows systems from your office network to access the WAN
admin pages and an FTP server you use at home. If you add an IP address to a filter, the
change is effected in all of the places where the filter is used.
Add/Edit Inbound Filter Rule
Here you can add entries to the Inbound Filter Rules List below, or edit existing entries.
Name