Author Archives: Hayim Caspy

Administrator Access Control

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Firewall is for security purposes. So our next setup is the password and the options we want to let administrator. Go to System Maintenance/Administrator Password, and set the new password Go to System Maintenance/Access Control, and set who (Which IP) is allowed to access the Firewall from the web (from the WAN) and whether the

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Lan

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Once we are ready to setup our private settings, the first will be the lan. We will change the IP to the local IP our network is using, and set whether we want the DHCP to be used. Go to Lan/General Setup and edit the lan1 profile that is already setup. Change the IP and

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Vlan

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Assume we have an office that host people from the outside that we want to give internet access. That is one of the use for Vlan. Setting one of the lan ports that will share internet resources but will be separated from the rest of the local network. Another use for that is if few

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Wan

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In this section we will learn how to setup the internet connection. In some of the Draytek we have more than one WAN ports, that gives us the option to connect to the internet in more than one ISP or to use it for more than two “security areas” (will be explained later). In this

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Objects

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Draytek is an object oriented machine. Even though you can add objects with the new firmware while creating the policy, I always recommend preparing the objects before. This will help prepare the Draytek for efficient work with minimum rules.   IP Object: Start with “Special Machines” on your network. Servers, network printers, devices and computers

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