TP-LINK TL-WR941ND Specifications download pdf (Page 60)

TL-WR940N/TL-WR941ND

450Mbps Wireless N Router

4.9.1 Basic Security

Choose menu “Security

→

Basic Security”, and then you can configure the basic security in

the screen as shown in Figure 4-39.

Figure 4-39 Basic Security

 Firewall - A firewall protects your network from the outside world. Here you can enable or

disable the Router’s firewall.

• SPI Firewall - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering)

helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that the

traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. SPI Firewall is enabled by

factory default. If you want all the computers on the LAN exposed to the outside world,

you can disable it.

 VPN - VPN Passthrough must be enabled if you want to allow VPN tunnels using VPN

protocols to pass through the Router.

• PPTP Passthrough - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. To allow PPTP

tunnels to pass through the Router, click Enable.

• L2TP Passthrough - Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is the method used to

enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer Two level. To allow L2TP

tunnels to pass through the Router, click Enable.

• IPSec Passthrough - Internet Protocol security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols for

ensuring private, secure communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, through

the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the

Router, click Enable.

 ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows

customized Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal filters to be plugged into the

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