Grade

11

COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING

Module 22-23: Set Router/WIFI/Wireless Access
Point/Repeater Configuration
2nd Semester, S.Y. 2020-2021

Prepared by:

JOHNNY P. RODRIGUEZ
Subject Teacher

MDM-Sagay College, Inc.

Office: Feliza Bldg., Marañon St. Pob 2, Sagay City
Campus: National Highway, Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental
Tel.# 488-0531/ email: mdm_sagay2000@gmail.com.
 Lesson 1. Setting up Firewall with Advance Security
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. Identify what is firewall with advanced security.
2. Enumerate the steps in configuring firewall with advanced security.

What is It
The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a tool which gives you detailed control over the
rules that are applied by the Windows Firewall. You can view all the rules that are used by the Windows
Firewall, change their properties, create new rules or disable existing ones. In this tutorial we will share how
to open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, how to find your way around it and talk about the
types of rules that are available and what kind of traffic they filter.

A firewall is hardware or software that can help protect your PC from unauthorized users or
malicious software (malware). Running a firewall on each PC on your network can help control the spread
of malicious software on your network, and help protect your PCs when you're accessing the Internet.
Windows Firewall is included with this version of Windows.

Setting Up Firewall with Advanced Security

You have several alternatives to opening the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security:
1. One is to open the standard Windows Firewall window, by going to "Control Panel -> System and
Security -> Windows Firewall".
Then, click or tap Advanced settings.
2. In Windows 7, another method is to search for the word firewall in the Start Menu search box and
click the "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" result.

3. In Windows 8.1, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is not returned in search results and
you need to use the first method shared above for opening it.

4. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security looks and works the same both in Windows 7 and
Windows 8.1. To continue our tutorial, we will use screenshots that were made in
Windows 8.1.

5. What Are The Inbound & Outbound Rules?

a. In order to provide the security you need, the Windows Firewall has a standard set of
inbound and outbound rules, which are enabled depending on the location of the
network you are connected to.
b. Inbound rules are applied to the traffic that is coming from the network and the
Internet to your computer or device. Outbound rules apply to the traffic from your
computer to the network or the Internet.
 c. These rules can be configured so that they are specific to: computers, users,
programs, services, ports or protocols. You can also specify to which type of network
adapter (e.g. wireless, cable, virtual private network) or user profile it is applied to.
d. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, you can access all rules and edit
their properties. All you have to do is click or tap the appropriate section in the left-
side panel.

6. The rules used by the Windows Firewall can be enabled or disabled. The ones which are enabled
or active are marked with a green check-box in the Name column. The ones that are disabled are
marked with a gray check-box.

7. If you want to know more about a specific rule and learn its properties, right click on it and select
Properties or select it and press Properties in the column on right, which lists the actions that are
available for your selection.

8. In the Properties window, you will find complete information about the selected rule, what it does
and in when it is applied. You will also be able to edit its properties and change any of the
available parameters.
9. What Are The Connection Security Rules?

a) Connection security rules are used to secure traffic between two computers while it
crosses the network. One example would be a rule which defines that connections
between two specific computers must be encrypted.
b) Unlike the inbound or outbound rules, which are applied only to one computer,
connection security rules require that both computers have the same rules defined and
enabled.

c) If you want to see if there are any such rules on your computer, click or tap "Connection
Security Rules"on the panel on the left. By default, there are no such rules defined on
Windows computers and devices. They are generally used in business environments and
such rules are set by the network administrator.

10. What Does the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Monitor?

The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security includes some monitoring features as well. In
the Monitoring section you can find the following information: the firewall rules that are active (both
inbound and outbound), the connection security rules that are active and whether there are any
active security associations.

11. You should note that the Monitoring section shows only the active rules for the current network
location. If there are rules which get enabled for other network locations, you will not see them
in this section.
Activity 1.

TRUE OR FALSE: Write the word TRUE in the space provider if the statements are correct and FALSE if it
is not.

________1. A firewall is hardware or software that can help protect your PC from unauthorized users or
malicious software (malware).
________2. Running a firewall on each PC on your network won't help control the spread of malicious
software on your network.
________3. In order to provide the security you need, the Windows Firewall has a standard set of
inbound and outbound rules.
________4. These rules can't be configured so that they are specific to: computers, users, programs,
services, ports or protocols.
________5. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, you can access all rules and edit their
properties.
________6. Connection security rules are used to secure traffic between two computers while it crosses
the network.
________7. Monitoring section shows only the active rules for the current network location.
________8. Unlike the inbound or outbound rules, which are applied only to one computer, connection
security rules require that both computers have the same rules defined and enabled.
________9. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a tool which gives you detailed control over
the rules that are applied by the Windows Firewall.
________10. Inbound rules are applied to the traffic that is coming from the network and the Internet to
your computer or device.