1. the program opens with the etherguard “welcome” screen.
2. the screen contains four main menu items. the same menu items are also available from the etherguard toolbar icon. the etherguard icon on the toolbar will change should the etherguard program detect an attempt to attack the network.
3. the “enable” and “disable” menu items allow you to start and stop the etherguard program, “statistic” provides network traffic information, and “advance” sets advanced filter controls. access to the enable, disable, and advance menu items may be password restricted. to prevent unauthorized changes to the etherguard settings, you should set a password. click “help.” a menu will open.
4. click “modify password.”
5. the default etherguard password setting is blank (no password required) so enter your password in the “new password” field and then again in the “confirm password” field. click “ok.”
6. as you attempt to open each menu item, enter your password if required.
7. click “enable” or “disable” to switch the program on and off.
8. click “statistic” to view possible intruder activity.
9. the “statistic information” screen indicates the intruder's ip address and the type of attack that was attempted.
10. click “advance” to set advanced filter controls. the “filter items setting i” screen will open.
11. checking “name for site” enables the filter function.
12. sites whose names include words added to this list will be blocked. enter a web address as a host name, e.g. www.yahoo.com, or just add a keyword, e.g. yahoo. click the “add” button. you may add up to 20 sites. to delete an address, select it in the “filter list” and click “delete.”
when you input a site name, do not include “http://.”
13. click the “setting ii” button.
14. check the box in the “filter items ii” section to enable the desired filter(s).
15. the ip address page allows you to filter by ip address. add up to six numeric (e.g., 192.168.111.123) ip addresses to the ip filter list.
16. you may also filter up to 20 specified tcp and udp ports (see figures above and below). for a full list of ports and the services that run on them, see www.iana.org/assignments/ port-numbers.
17. check the boxes on the “protocol filter” page to block particular protocols.
18. once you have enabled the filters and completed your settings, click “close.”
19. close and re-launch your web browser to allow the new settings to take affect.