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6 • adding postage/connecting to data center, Settings for connecting to the data center – Pitney Bowes DM125 User Manual

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6 • Adding Postage/Connecting to Data Center

SV62276 Rev. A

Firewall Settings (affects PC Internet connections to Data

Center)

This menu option allows you to modify the firewall settings when us-

ing an Internet connection via LAN to connect to the Pitney Bowes

Data Center. Further information on Internet settings can be found in

the Troubleshooting section of Appendix A - PC Meter Connect™.

Settings for Connecting to the Data Center

To access the firewall settings:
1. Press

Options.

2. Press

Page Down twice.

3. Select "Connect-Data Center".
4. Select "Firewall Settings".
5. The following selections appear.

A. Ping - press the soft key next to this selection to toggle be-

tween “Enabled” or “Disabled”.

If you enable Ping, then your mailing system will respond to

electronic inquiries (pings) from external hosts. These inqui-

ries are generally used by external systems to determine if

your system is accessible. If you reply to a Ping, you will re-

turn your mailing system’s IP address to the requesting host.

B. Trust - Press the soft key next to this selection to see the choices:

None – No external hosts have been verified as trust-

worthy/secure and you cannot communicate externally.

All – All external computer system will be considered

trustworthy, and will be allowed to contact your mailing

system through your firewall.

Trusted Host Only – Only those computer systems that

you have specifically identified (by supplying their IP ad-

dress) will be allowed to communicate with your system.

Press the soft key next to the desired selection to choose it.

6. After you make you choices, you return the Firewall menu. Press

Clear (back arrow key) to return to Options menu.