Block all outbound traffic other then HTTP/HTTPS/MSN

confusedISP

confusedISP

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Hi

On my Router i want to set it up so i can have users on the network only access the internet and msn and maybe outlook. i want to block everything else etc like peer2peer and other programs,

I thought if i just blocked all other ports other then HTTP/HTTPS/MSN it would work but for some reason its not working as i want it too.. :confused:

or im just doing something wrong and cant see it..

 
Ok Thanks ill try that,
After i put the lan users ip addresses in, the content filtering on the router dont seem to work?

if i didnt put 192.168.17.20/21 and changed it to any lan ip
the filter system works? :confused:
 
I dont get it?

Are you saying that if you remove your LAN users IP addresses, the content filtering works? And all other ports are blocked other than those you allow?
It isnt clear in your post whats happening.
 
Your block rule should be last one you have. The router is going through the rules in order. If it blocks all traffic first then nothing else will work. Swap rules 1 & 4 around.

Also make sure the users are using the IP address's you have assigned in the rules.

192.168.17.20 - 21 (only 2 computers)
 
Yep those are the right addresses

pc1 -192.168.71.20
pc2 192.168.71.21

If i didnt put any rules for outbound the content filtering works fine on the router..


but rather not leave it as that as the default settings allow any port to access the internet
 
Toytown is right. Follow his instructions.
Why not put any rather than IP address's? See if this works.

But im still not with you on what your problem is.

If you dont put IP address's and use any, your content filtering works fine.

Then why not do this? This will block the relevant ports from any IP address on the LAN. Is this what you want?
 
Gandalf501 said:
Toytown is right. Follow his instructions.
Why not put any rather than IP address's? See if this works.

But im still not with you on what your problem is.

If you dont put IP address's and use any, your content filtering works fine.

Then why not do this? This will block the relevant ports from any IP address on the LAN. Is this what you want?
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Ok ill try to explain what i mean,
If i leave the Outbound Services rules settings to default
its going to allow any program outbound access which i dont want


I want to block certain ports from going outbound peer2peer apps etc
so i only want certain apps to be outbound like msn/http/maybe outlook

as soon as i enter any info in the outbound boxes my content filtering dont work?

So guess im trying to figure out why content filtering wont work after i enter the rule information for outbound access?
 
Firstly you do not need your rule in the incoming connections as it defualt denys the connections any way, look at the static rule beneath yours.


Secondly do what Toytown said and re-arrange them so the defualt deny is at the end of the list.
 
IronFire said:
Firstly you do not need your rule in the incoming connections as it defualt denys the connections any way, look at the static rule beneath yours.


Secondly do what Toytown said and re-arrange them so the defualt deny is at the end of the list.
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Well ive done that and let the default deny the connections, Thanks guys for all the help, :)

Why would the filter on the router stop working once i added firewall outbound rules if i didnt have any outbound rules and left it to allow anything to access the internet the router filter works.

Cant work out why the filter has just stopped working tho.?
 
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