User's Manual

Chapter 12 Firewall
NBG-418N User’s Guide
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Figure 79 Security > Firewall > General
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
12.5 Services Screen
Use the Services screen to enable or disable ICMP and VPN passthrough features.
Click Security > Firewall > Services. The screen appears as shown next.
Figure 80 Security > Firewall > Services
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 49 Security > Firewall > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Firewall Select this check box to activate the firewall. The NBG-418N performs access control and
protects against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when the firewall is activated.
Apply Click Apply to save the settings.
Reset Click Reset to start configuring this screen again.
Table 50 Security > Firewall > Services
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol is a message control and error-reporting protocol
between a host server and a gateway to the Internet. ICMP uses Internet Protocol (IP)
datagrams, but the messages are processed by the TCP/IP software and directly apparent
to the application user.
Respond to Ping
on WAN
The NBG-418N will not respond to any incoming Ping requests when Disable is selected.
Select Enable to reply to incoming WAN Ping requests.