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Website Blocking Firewall
Website Blocking Firewall
2022-05-19 13:04:00 - last edited 2022-05-19 20:42:59
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With the Omada OC200 + ER605 can I block access to websites based on keywords for certain users?

For example, users who access sites with the text "free movies, netflix, torrent" are blocked from access. But that's only for certain users (if possible).

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2022-05-19 19:12:55 - last edited 2022-05-19 20:42:59

  @ElTom 

 

Hey

 

Yes you can indeed block certain websites via the firewall, its easy to do!

 

On the controller under SETTINGS go to NETWORK SECURITY then URL FILTERING

 

Create a new filter and call it what you want..  set the policy for DENY.. apply it to NETWORK then choose LAN (or whatever vlans you have) and add the URLs.. you can add more than one per policy

 

example below

 

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Re:Website Blocking Firewall
2022-05-19 13:38:54

  @ElTom 

 

Hey

 

Unfortunately this functionality is not available on Omada.   What you are looking is not really in the scope of a firewall, this would be more the task for a proxy server.

 

There are free Raspberry Pi proxy servers (Privoxy for example) that might be of interest to you

 

 

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Re:Website Blocking Firewall
2022-05-19 17:57:26
And is it possible to block a site, eg facebook.com, on the OC200 or even on the ER605? Because in this post https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/552248 there is an ACL Rule procedure, but only in EAP.
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2022-05-19 19:12:55 - last edited 2022-05-19 20:42:59

  @ElTom 

 

Hey

 

Yes you can indeed block certain websites via the firewall, its easy to do!

 

On the controller under SETTINGS go to NETWORK SECURITY then URL FILTERING

 

Create a new filter and call it what you want..  set the policy for DENY.. apply it to NETWORK then choose LAN (or whatever vlans you have) and add the URLs.. you can add more than one per policy

 

example below

 

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Re:Website Blocking Firewall
2022-05-19 19:48:19
Thanks, Does it only work if you perform a reboot on the equipment? I tried to create the rules but the blocking did not occur.
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Re:Website Blocking Firewall
2022-05-19 20:12:03

  @ElTom 

 

Ill be honest and say its not a feature I use, but if memory serves me right it did take some time / reboot when I tested it last..  

 

Also include the non www. addresses..

 

eg.    www.google.com   and   google.com

 

you can also add wildcards for the sub domains    www.google.*   for example will block all google.ANYTHING addresses

 

 

This article below might help

 

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/3229/

 

 

 

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