7. Menu Options 2

LAN

LAN settings include: General Setup, Static Route, VLAN and Bind IP to MAC. General Setup involves LAN IP network configuration settings: NAT parameters and DHCP server configuration parameters.

General setup lets you supply IP addresses for one or two IP subnets, manage them separately, establish DHCP parameters and provide static DNS server addresses.

Static Routing configuration is a simplified table of numeric entries with destination address and status fields. Clicking on a hyperlinked numeric index opens a static route setup dialog for any specified entry. VLAN configuration includes an option to enable VLAN settings, followed by four individual fields (VLAN1 to VLAN4) with checkbox designations beneath. Across the top, these are labeled P1 through P4, so you can individually select which fields are currently active. This is about as easy as VLANs get. Bind IP to MAC opens a window of presets for binding MAC to IP addresses for DHCP allocation.

NAT

Under Network Address Translation (NAT) settings you may specify Port Redirection values, DMZ Host parameters and Open Ports properties. The first enables you to present apparently Internet-facing services from internal network machines, including those that use Private IP addresses. Several configurable parameters enable you to dictate where to redirect protocol traffic and to which port the protocol traffic gets redirected. DMZ host parameters let you establish a demilitarized zone on your network, and Open Ports permit you to specify which services are opened to incoming Internet clients.

Firewall

Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall settings are exposed under a series of sub-headings following the Firewall entry. General Setup encompasses call and data filter options, default rule actions and Content Security Management (CSM) properties. Filter Setup includes options for defining call and data filter options. Once a rule is defined, a hyperlinked numbered line entry leads from a general filter set page to individual filter rule settings. Overall, this interface is intuitive and straightforward, and easy to follow and use (more so than other firewall rules interfaces we’ve worked with). You will also find DoS Defense and Firewall DoS Defense, plus content and URL filtering/control pages here as well.

The Firewall General Setup page lets you establish filter options and create default behaviors.