TP-LINK Archer C20I ARCHER C20I User Manual

 

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Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port - Enable or Disable Forbid Ping Packet From LAN Port. 

The default setting is disabled. If enabled, the ping packet from LAN cannot access the router. 

This function can be used to defend against some viruses.   

Click the Save button to save the settings. 

Click the Blocked DoS Host List button to display the DoS host table by blocking.   

Choose menu “Security  → Local Management”, and then you can configure the management 

rule in the screen as shown in Figure 4-70. The management feature allows you to deny 

computers in LAN from accessing the router. 

 

Figure 4-70 Local Management 

By default, the radio button “All the PCs on the LAN are allowed to access the Router's 

Web-Based Utility” is checked. If you want to allow PCs with specific MAC Addresses to access 

the Setup page of the router's Web-Based Utility locally from inside the network, check the radio 

button “Only the PCs listed can browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator 

tasks”, and then enter each MAC Address in a separate field. The format for the MAC Address is 

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). Only the PCs with MAC address listed can use 

the password to browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks while all the others 

will be blocked.   

After click the Add button, your PC's MAC Address will be placed in the list above. 

Click the Save button to save your settings.   

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If your PC is blocked but you want to access the router again, reset the router’s factory defaults.