Nighthawk Pro Gaming routers with DumaOS 3.0 include the Traffic Controller feature, which enables you to allow, block, or reject all traffic, particular categories of traffic, specific games, or port ranges. You can set traffic rules for specific devices in your network and schedule certain days and times when your traffic rules are active. For example, if you have children who play video games, you might want to block traffic to games on your family’s video game console when your family eats dinner during the week.
For each traffic rule, you can set up one of the following filter actions:
- Block: Blocks traffic that meets the rule conditions but allows all other traffic. When traffic is blocked, it is dropped without notification to the traffic source. For example, if someone sends you an email message but that traffic is blocked, the sender is not notified.
- Allow: Allows traffic that meets the rule conditions but blocks all other traffic.
- Reject: Rejects traffic that meets the rule conditions but allows all other traffic. When traffic is rejected, it is dropped with a notification to the traffic source. Reject actions are only available for rules that apply to all traffic or to a port range; reject actions cannot be set for rules that apply to traffic categories or specific games.
When you set up rules, they display on the Traffic Controller page in order of priority. The rule at the top takes priority over the rules below it, followed by the second rule and so on. The rule at the bottom of the list is applied only after all other rules are applied. You can reorder the rules in the list.
For more information about setting up the Traffic Controller, see How do I set up the Traffic Controller feature on my Nighthawk Pro Gaming router?
For more information about Nighthawk Pro Gaming and DumaOS features:
- NETGEAR Nighthawk Pro Gaming home page
- What are the features of DumaOS on Nighthawk Pro Gaming routers?