Tp-Link TL-R460 [42/75] Firewall

TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide

Allowing the function may cause a risk to security, this feature is disabled by

default.

¾ App Description - This displays the description provided by the application in the

UPnP request.

¾ External Port - This displays the external port, which the router opened for the

application.

¾ Protocol - This displays the protocol for the application.

¾ Internal Port - This displays the Internal port, which the router opened for local

host.

¾ IP Address - The UPnP device that is currently accessing the router.

¾ Status - This displays the status. Enabled means that the port is still active,

Disabled means that the port is inactive.

4.6 Security

Choose menu “Security”, you can see the submenus under the main menu: Firewall, IP

Address Filtering, Domain Filtering, MAC Address Filtering, Remote Management

and Advanced Security.

Figure 4-28

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The

detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

4.6.1 Firewall

Choose menu “Security→Firewall”, you can control the general firewall switch on the

next screen (shown in Figure 4-29). The default setting for the switch is off, and the IP

Address Filtering, DNS Filtering and MAC Filtering are disabled, their settings are

ineffective in this situation.