Allow / Deny

The built-in firewall can prevent unauthorized logins and control services accesses. In addition, you can choose to allow or deny the access to certain network ports from specific IP addresses.

To create a firewall rule:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Firewall and select the network interface from the left column according to the type of your network connection.
  2. Click Create.
  3. In the Ports section, select one of the followings for the rule:
  4. In the Source IP section, select one of the followings for the rule:
  5. In the Action section, select one of the followings for the rule:

Now you can see the created firewall rule in the rule list.

To delete firewall rules, do any of the followings:

You can also choose to Allow access or Deny access at the bottom of the rule list to allow or deny the access that matches no rules.

    Note:
  1. You can create up to 100 rules for a network interface, and you can reorder the rules in the list by drag-and-drop.
  2. The rules are prioritized according to their positions in the list.
  3. If your system has 2 network ports connecting to the same subnet, the firewall rules may not work properly.*

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* Applies to specific models only.