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IP Groups
A firewall is a security mechanism to selectively block or allow certain types of traffic in accordance with rules specified by network administrators.
The Firewall Rules menu allows selection of a IP Groups while creating firewall rules. This page allows creation of custom IP groups against which firewall rules can be defined. Once defined, the new custom IP group will appear in the LAN Users list and WAN users list of the Firewall Rules menu based on the type of custom IP group.
Custom IP Groups Table
This table lists all the custom IP groups. A custom IP group has the following attributes:
#: A numerical ID assigned to a custom IP group (by the router). The router contains a list of pre-defined IP groups which can be viewed from the Firewall Rules page (under the Security menu). Custom IP groups will be assigned an ID starting from 1, which is independent from default IP groups.
IP Group Name: Name of the custom IP group for identification and management purposes.
IP Group Type: Shows the type of custom IP group either as a LAN group or as a WAN group. It is required to use it as a source user or destination user, while creating firewall rules.
Action/Edit: Click to make changes to the selected entry.
Select All: Select all the entries in the Custom IP Groups Table.
Delete: Delete selected entries from the Custom IP Groups Table.
Add New Custom IP Group
IP Group Name: To enter the name of the custom IP group for identification and management purposes.
IP Group Type: To select the type of custom IP group either as a LAN group or as a WAN group. It is required to use it as a source user or destination user, while creating firewall rules.
Add: Click to add the empty custom IP group. Once added an entry use 'Edit' button in 'custom IP Groups Table' to add IP address(es) to it, to see the IP address(es) grouped and to edit the name and type of the selected custom IP group.
 

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