D-Link DWS-4026 [137/741] Configuring time ranges

ConfiguringTimeRanges

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page137

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ConfiguringTimeRanges

Usethesepagestoconfiguretimerangestouseintime‐basedaccesscontrollist(ACL)rules.Time‐basedACLs

allowoneormoreruleswithinanACLtobebasedonaperiodicorabsolutetime.EachACLrulewithinanACL

exceptfortheimplicitdenyallrulecanbec

onfiguredtobeactiveandoperationalonlyduringaspecifictime

period.Thetimerangepagesallowyoutodefinespecifictimesofthedayandweekinordertoimplement

time‐basedACLs.Forexample,youcancreateatime‐basedMACACLthatpreventsclientswithspecificMAC

ddressesfromaccessingnetworkresourcesonweekends.Thetimerangeisidentifiedbyanameandcanthen

bereferencedbyanACLruledefinedwithinanACL.

YoumustconfigureanamedtimerangebeforeyoucanreferenceitfromanACL.Inotherwords,fortheACL

toref

erenceatimerange,thetimerangemustalreadyexist.FormoreinformationaboutconfiguringACLs,see

Section7:“ConfiguringAccessControlLists,”onpage351.

TimeRangeConfiguration

Usethispagetocreateanamedtimerange.Eachtimerangecanconsistofoneabsolutetimeentryand/orone

ormoreperiodictimeentries.

Toaccessthispage,clickLAN>Administration>TimeRange>Configuration.

Figure64:TimeRangeConfiguration

Table54:TimeRangeConfiguration

Field Description

TimeRange Tocreateanewtimerange,selectCreat eNewTimeRangefromthemenuandspecify

thenameinthefollowingfield.

Todeleteanexistingtimerange,selectitsnameandclickDelete.

TimeRangeName Whencreatinganewtimerange,specifythename,whichmayincludealphabetic,

nume

ric,dash,underscoreorspacecharactersonly.Thenamemuststartwithan

alphabeticcharacterandcancontainupto31characters.

CurrentNumber/

MaximumNumber

Displaysthecurrentnumberoftimerangesconfiguredontheswitchandthemaximum

numberoftimerangesthatcanbeconfigured.