# Linksys router configuration

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linksys-router-configuration/152421
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linksys-router-configuration/152421 "2003-02-03T02:55:42Z")
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### Author: ![ookpik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ookpik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ookpik)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linksys-router-configuration/152421/1 "2003-02-03T02:55:42Z")

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I have about a dozen people accessing the net via a Linksys router.

I need to deny browsing capabilities to one workstation in particular while still allowing access to POP mail (ports 25 & 110).

The router itself has some of this functionality built-in based on MAC addresses, but it seems to be an “all or nothing” type of option. Denying web access is possible, but this also denies email access.

The w/s in question is running '98.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ookpik

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### Author: ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linksys-router-configuration/152421/2 "2003-02-03T03:36:18Z")

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Most of the low-end Linksys routers I’ve worked with have all had roughly the same configuration screens. Your filtering options are probably limited to:

1. Blocking a single IP address or range of IP addresses.
2. Blocking a MAC address.
3. Blocking a single port or range of ports.

So you can’t tell the router that user _x_ may use ports 25 and 110, but not port 80. That’s Linksys for you.

Maybe there is some way you can pull it off with that thing, but I sure don’t know what it is. If you can’t get any useful info here, you may want to try the Linksys forum at [http://www.tek-tips.com](http://www.tek-tips.com)

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### Author: ![ookpik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ookpik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ookpik)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linksys-router-configuration/152421/3 "2003-02-03T04:17:09Z")

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Thanks Neutron!

I suspect I’ll have to look at system policy settings on the workstation instead, or possibly a firewall on the router…

Ook.