Settings

On the Settings page, you can configure system settings to better suit your network environment.

To enable Threat Prevention:

  1. Go to Settings > General and tick Enable Threat Prevention to protect your system from attacks.
  2. Tick the checkbox to set Drop high-risk packets automatically as the default action.
  3. Click Apply to save the changes.

Note:

  • Threat Prevention only uses an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). The Intrusion Detection System (IDS) functions are no longer available.
  • Self-defined policies are given the highest priority. If you set not to drop high-risk packets on the Self-Defined Policy page, high-risk packets will not be dropped even if you have ticked the Automatically drop high-risk packets checkbox.

To determine which interfaces to monitor:

  1. Go to Settings > General and find the status of each interface.
  2. Tick the checkboxes to determine which interfaces to monitor.
  3. Click Apply to save the changes.

To monitor updates:

  1. Go to Settings > General and view the overall status of system updates.
  2. You can perform the following actions:
    • Click Update Now to update immediately if an update is available.
    • Tick Automatically update signatures to allow automatic updates and set the Schedule by choosing the date and time from the drop-down menus.
  3. Click Apply to save the changes.

To enable device protection:

  1. Go to Settings > Device to check the device status.
  2. Click the search icon on the upper-right corner, and enter a device name or a MAC address to search for devices.
  3. Tick or untick Skip filtering packets for new devices to determine whether to protect your devices by Threat Prevention. If you tick this checkbox, newly added devices to the local network will not be protected by Threat Prevention. Please note that devices once protected by Threat Prevention will display in the list below.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes.

Note:

  • When the router is in the Wireless AP mode, devices that are not connected to the router may also appear on the list.

To enable event notification:

  1. Go to Settings > Notification and tick Enable event notification.
  2. Select the notification medium (E-mail, SMS, or Push Service) and set the minimum time interval.
  3. Click Advanced to determine how to receive notifications and click OK.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes.

To back up or restore settings:

  1. Go to Settings > Backup & Restore.
  2. Click Back Up to save the current settings to your computer.
  3. Click Restore and select a .dss file to restore the settings.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes.

To limit log storage:

  1. Go to Settings > Log Storage.
  2. Set the Maximum log usage (500MB, 1GB, or 2GB). Once the limitation is reached, the system will automatically rotate older log files.
  3. To erase all existing logs, click Clear Logs.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes.