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+ | ====== Firewall ====== | ||
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+ | The Firewall page allows you to configure options to protect or facilitate various types of network communications. | ||
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===== Firewall ===== | ===== Firewall ===== | ||
- | The Firewall page allows you to configure options to protect/ | + | {{: |
- | {{: | + | \\ **WAN interfaces respond to ping and traceroute: |
- | **Limit communication to **- Specifies | + | **Limit communication to: |
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- | {{:pasted: | + | **Enable TCP SYN cookies: |
- | **Enable | + | **Enable |
- | **Enable DCSP Fix** - This enables a workaround for a well-known issue related to DSCP (packet marking) when connected to the Comcast ISP. | + | **Allow DHCP Spoofing: |
- | **IPv6 IPSec Passthrough** - FIXME\\ \\ | + | **Smart MTU black hole detection:** |
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- | {{: | + | ===== NAT ===== |
- | **NAT loopback** | + | **NAT loopback:** This technique allows LAN devices to access |
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* Disabled | * Disabled | ||
- | **NAT target** - Defines | + | \\ |
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+ | **NAT target** - This defines | ||
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- | **Enable IGMP proxy** - Runs the IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) service on the router. | + | ===== Multicast ===== |
- | **LAN0/ | + | \\ \\ {{: |
- | **Enable | + | **Enable |
- | **Custom Configuration** - This option allows you to set up advanced parameters for the IGMP proxy daemon. | + | LAN0 - LAN3 Specifies which bridges will participate in IGMP, with the router acting as a proxy between selected LANs. This allows IGMP to work between VLANs. |
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+ | * LAN0 - Checking this means the LAN0 bridge will participate in IGMP proxy. | ||
+ | * LAN1 - Checking this means the LAN1 bridge will participate in IGMP proxy. | ||
+ | * LAN2 - Checking this means the LAN2 bridge will participate in IGMP proxy. | ||
+ | * LAN3 - Checking this means the LAN3 bridge will participate in IGMP proxy. | ||
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+ | **Enable quick leave** - This is a feature of IGMP v2 and later. Enabling this allows the router to stop streaming multicast to an IP address as soon as that device sends a "quick leave" IGMP packet. | ||
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+ | **Custom Configuration** - This option allows you to set advanced parameters for the IGMP proxy daemon. | ||
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- | **Enable Udpxy** - Like IGMP proxy, Udpxy allows multicast communications between | + | **Enable Udpxy** - Like IGMP proxy, Udpxy allows multicast communications between |
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+ | **Upstream interface** - Here, enter the stream source is expected to live. (Default: blank). | ||
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+ | **LAN0/ | ||
- | **Upstream interface** - Defines where the stream source is expected | + | **Enable client statistics** - Enabling this causes FreshTomato |
- | **LAN0/ | + | **Max clients - ** This represents |
- | **Enable client statistics** - Enabling this causes FreshTomato to collect statistical information about Udpxy clients. | + | **Udpxy port**- This specifies the port on which you can recive |
- | **Max clients | + | **Efficient Multicast Forwarding (IGMP Snooping) |
- | **Udpxy port**- This is where you can consult | + | However, caution is advised. Often, UPnP or DLNA is the only significant multicast application in use on a home network. Thus, multicast configuration issues or other deficiencies can appear as UPnP issues, but are actually underlying network issues. |
- | {{: | + | Enabling IGMP snooping on a wireless router' |
- | **Efficient Multicast Forwarding (IGMP Snooping) -** IGMP snooping | + | A common symptom of this is a network host (say, a Smart TV) which appears after it's powered on, but then " |
- | **Force IGMPv2** - IGMPv2 enhances | + | **Force IGMPv2** - IGMPv2 enhances IGMP with additional messages/ |