Services

The Services menu contains items which control services provided by daemons running on the firewall.

See also

Services

Auto Config Backup:

Configures the automatic configuration backup service which optionally uploads encrypted configuration backups for secure off-site backups.

See Using the AutoConfigBackup Service.

Captive portal:

Controls the Captive Portal service which directs users to a web page for authentication before permitting Internet access.

See Captive Portal.

DHCP relay:

Configures the DHCP relay service which proxies DHCP requests from one network segment to another.

See DHCPv4 & DHCPv6 Relay.

DHCP server:

Configures the DHCP service which provides automatic IP address configuration for clients.

See DHCPv4 Server.

DHCPv6 Relay:

Configures the DHCP relay service for IPv6 which proxies DHCPv6 requests from one network segment to another.

See DHCPv4 & DHCPv6 Relay.

DHCPv6 Server:

Configures the DHCP service for IPv6 which provides automatic IPv6 address configuration for clients.

See DHCPv6 Server.

DNS Forwarder:

Configures the built-in caching DNS forwarder.

See DNS Forwarder.

DNS Resolver:

Configures the built-in caching DNS resolver.

See DNS Resolver.

Dynamic DNS:

Configures Dynamic DNS services (“dyndns”) which updates a remote name server when the WAN IP address of this firewall changes.

See Dynamic DNS.

IGMP Proxy:

Configures the Interior Group Management Protocol proxy for passing multicast traffic between interfaces.

See IGMP Proxy.

NTP:

Configures the Network Time Protocol server daemon.

See NTPD.

PPPoE Server:

Configures the PPPoE server which accepts and authenticates connections from PPPoE clients on local networks.

See PPPoE Server.

Router Advertisement:

Configures IPv6 Router Advertisement behavior which provides IPv6 routing and address configuration for clients.

See IPv6 Router Advertisements.

SNMP:

Configures the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) daemon to allow network-based collection of statistics from this firewall.

See SNMP.

UPnP & NAT-PMP:

Configures the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) & NAT Port Mapping Protocol service which automatically configures NAT and firewall rules for devices which support the UPnP or NAT-PMP standards. This menu entry only appears when the firewall contains more than one assigned interface.

See UPnP & NAT-PMP.

Wake on LAN:

Configures Wake on LAN entries which remotely wake up local client devices.

See Wake on LAN.