Setting up the router as a virtual server – Siemens SE505 User Manual

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Restricting access to certain Internet domains and sites

You can prevent members of your LAN accessing certain Internet domains and sites by

defining a filter for URL's. Filtering a URL means that the specified URL and all of the

URL's downstream of it are blocked for access. Specifying a domain name blocks the

complete domain with all of its dependent URL's.

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In the Filter menu, select URL Filter.

Setting up the router as a virtual server

If you want to offer files or Web services that are on a PC in your local network to other

Internet users, set the PC up as a server (e. g. as FTP or HTTP server). However the

router's

function does not normally allow PC's in the LAN to be accessed from

"outside". To make services that are provided by local PC's available on the Internet

therefore, you should

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either put the PC on which the server application is running in a so-called

demilitarised zone (

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set up the router as a virtual server. In this case,

will forward

requests for the service which the router receives from the Internet to the PC that

provides the service (see page 88).
If your router gets a

from your ISP, you must make sure that the

service is always available despite the router's changing IP address. You can use the

router's DynDNS function for this (see page 89).

You will find a detailed example of how to set up URL blocks in "Practical

Tips and Configuration Examples" on the CD supplied.

You will find a detailed example of how to set up URL blocks in "Practical

Tips and Configuration Examples" on the CD supplied.