Firewall

Hi Friends,

I want to have proper firewall so as to protect my network from spamming viruses and avoid N/w users to visit porn sites. But i guess only option in MT is disabling ports i mean we can not enter websites url to block them. Or is it possible. Whats the best Access list to safeguard ur Router and firewall ur Network.

Exact N/W is I HAVE MT ROUTER (ALL AP’s CONNECT TO THIS MT )IT CONNECTS to my LAN Switch FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY AND INTERNET.
AND MY ISP INPUT GOES TO LAYER3 SWITCH. HERE I HAVE SEPRATED LOCAL IP AND PUBLIC IP. THE OUTPUT FROM LAYER3 GOES TO LOCAL SWITCH. NOW I WANT TO ELIMINATE LAYER 3. I HAVE MT OS INSTALLED ON IBM MACHINE. I WILL PUT ISP INPUT IN ONE LAN CARD AND ONE LAN CARD WILL CONNECT TO LOCAL SWITCH. AND MY MT ROUTER WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL SWITCH AS OF NOW. THE ONLY POINT IS SAFEGUARDING MY N/W USING MT OS FEATURES. I HAVE ENABLED HOTSPOT AND DONE THE MASQURADING. DO I NEED TO HAVE WEB-PROXY ENABLED?

Hoping a positive reply.

Cheers,

Parvesh Chahal

by enabling web-proxy youwill be able to restrict required web-site.
by the way wot verson of MT r using now ?

Hi,

Thx for replying. Version is 2.9.27

i suggest you to upgrade to newest available, there where changes since 2.9.27