Configuring the Firewall
Blocking and Filtering Content and Applications
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Cisco RV 120W Administration Guide
Choose Firewall > Access Control > Blocked Keywords.
Click Add.
Enter the keyword to block. Keywords prevent access to websites that contain the
specified characters in the URL or the page contents.
Select the group to which to apply the keyword blocking. (These groups are
configured in the Networking > LAN > LAN Groups page.)
Click Save.
Configuring MAC Address Filtering
MAC address filtering allows you to block traffic coming from certain known
machines or devices. The router uses the MAC address of a computer or device
on the network to identify it and block or permit the access. Traffic coming in from
a specified MAC address will be filtered depending upon the policy.
To enable MAC address filtering:
Choose Firewall > Access Control > MAC Filtering.
Check the Enable box to enable MAC Address Filtering for this device. Uncheck
the box to disable this feature.
If you enable MAC filtering, in the Policy for MAC Address listed below field,
choose one of the following options:
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Block and Permit the rest—Choose this option to block the traffic from the
specified MAC addresses and to allow traffic from all other addresses.
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Permit and Block the rest—Choose this option to permit the traffic from the
specified MAC addresses and to block traffic from all other machines on
the LAN side of the router.
For example, two computers are on the LAN with MAC addresses of
00:01:02:03:04:05 (host1), and 00:01:02:03:04:11 (host2). If the host1 MAC address
is added to the MAC filtering list and the "block and permit the rest" policy is
chosen, when this computer tries to connect to a website, the router will not allow
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