Operation Mode:

The Operation Mode window displays when Operation Mode is selected from the Mode menu in the navigation panel. This window is used for specifying settings the ProxyBlocker will use for “listening to” traffic and sending traffic.

Listening Device frame
At the Device pull-down menu, select the network card that will be used to “listen to”—as opposed to “send”—traffic on the network. For a typical network setup, you would generally select LAN1 for an external/Internet connection.

Block Page Device frame
In the Block Page Device frame, at the Device to send block page pull-down menu, select the network card that will be used to send the block page to client PCs.

TIP: The block page device should be a different device than the one selected in the Listening Device frame.

Block Page Delivery Method frame
Select one of two Protocol Methods: "Send Block Page via ARP Table" or "Send Block to Specified Host MAC Address".

NOTE: If choosing "Send Block Page via ARP Table", the ProxyBlocker will use the Address Resolution Protocol method to find the best possible destination MAC address for a packet that contains the block page. If choosing "Send Block to Specified Host MAC Address", the block page will always be sent to the MAC address of a specified host, usually the ProxyBlocker gateway.

If "Send Block to Specified Host MAC Address" is chosen, make a Block Page Route To selection. Specify whether the "Default Gateway" will be used for serving block pages, or if an "Alternate IP Address" will be used as the Block Page Route To address. If an alternate IP address is used, this IP address must be reconciled with the MAC address in order for block pages to be served to client PCs.

Apply Settings
Click Apply to apply your settings.

NOTE: If block pages are not being served, you must change the settings in the Block Page Route frame by making the following entries:

a) Click "Alternate IP Address".
b) Enter the IP address of the router or device that will serve block pages.
c) Click Apply.

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