Find step-by-step articles to configure and manage your GajShield firewall. This section covers network settings, security policies, VPN, user authentication, web filtering, reporting, alerts, and other day-to-day firewall features.
Firmware Version 4.5 and above GajShield Security Appliances have the capability of creating Layer 7 firewall rules. These rules make the job of a network administrator easier by giving a verbose desc…
Firmware version: 4.5+ Network Time Protocol NTP Network Time Protocol NTP is an internet protocol used to synchronize with computer clock time sources in a network. Having synchronized clocks is not …
Firmware Version supported: 4.5 and above Active Directory is Microsoft's trademarked directory service, an integral part of the Windows architecture. Active Directory is a centralized and standardize…
To enable Two factor authentication, login into your firewall using your regular username and password. If you have not setup 2FA, you can ignore the OTP option. 2FAcan be setup by 'superuser' for all…
Firmware Version supported: 4.5 and above To configure static mapping on your firewall, you will have to first check if DHCP server has been configured. If DHCP server is configured, go to STEP 2 else…
To configure AntiSpam, users need to have AntiSpam license. AntiSpam scanning works on the following SMTP ports: 25,465 and 587 Step 1: To scan the mails on SMTP port, the following rule should be cre…
Firmware version supported: 4.5 and above In this document, we’ll configure firewall rules to block incoming and outgoing IP requests from specific countries or country groups. You can specify indiv…
This menu allows the administrator to configure the firewall to send relevant information notification events as SNMP traps to the configured host s . You will need software which can catch these trap…
This document will guide you through the steps to configure time quota on your firewall. Time Quota helps in managing the time quota usage based on users' userSense authentication portal page browsing…
You can configure userSense binding settings which could be used to bind userSense users with either IP address or MAC address or both, so that the users can only login from a particular IP address or…
With userSense Bypass feature, one can bypass a user from logging into GajShield userSense page. That means one can allow a particular user to browse the Internet without logging into UserSense, from …
GajShield Firewall Firmware Supported: 4.5 and above This option is used to change the default time of GajShield housekeeping activities. This is useful when GajShield firewall is shutdown every night…
Firmware Version 4.5 and above Applications like Ultrasurf use tunneling, proxies and other evasion techniques to get around filtering of firewall devices. To block UltraSurf, follow the below steps C…
Firmware Version Supported: 4.5 and above 1. To allow websites for all LAN users, without browsing restrictions. Go to Browsing Policy Exception Sites & click on . 2. Add the URL under exceptional tab…
In this document, we will guide you through the configuration of Guest User Settings on your firewall. To begin the Guest User Settings configuration, go to Browsing Guest Users Guest Users The follow…
Firmware Version Supported: 4.5 and above Scenario : IT team wants to restrict web download of exe & audio files. Below steps are an illustration to this scenario. To block a web file download, first …
Firmware Version: 4.5 and above To block sexual content on GajShield, follow these steps Create a URL Filter Policy which blocks Sexual Content Use this policy in a rule to block this content for a us…
GajShield Firmware: 4.5 and above To add local groups on GajShield Firewall login into your firewall using your regular administrator username and password. Click on Browsing User Settings User Groups…
GajShield Firmware: 4.5 and above To add local users on GajShield Firewall login into your firewall using your regular administrator username and password. Click on Browsing User Settings Users and th…
Firmware Version: 4.5 and above Note: Before configuring Enterprise Cloud on GajShield, make sure you have a cloud license. Note: If you find that CA certificate has been created beforehand, it is the…
Whitelisting specific URLs allows organisations to customise their web filtering policies based on their unique needs and requirements. In some cases, certain websites or web based applications may be…
Firmware required: 4.5+ DNAT is required when the server is on an internal network and must be accessed through another external IP address on a perimeter device. When traffic is received on the publi…
Firmware Version: 4.5+ Prerequisite : IP address or domain name of NTP server you would like to use The Network Time Protocol NTP service holds significance as it is employed to synchronize the clocks…
GajShield Firmware: 4.5 and above The live firewall logs are available at Diagnosis Security Logs Firewall Logs On this page, you will see a button named 'Live Log'. Click on 'Live Log' button. The ne…
To update the current time in GajShield firewall, you can follow these steps: Login to the GajShield firewall management console using your admin credentials. Click on Management Settings in the left …
GajShield Firmware Version: 4.5+ In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of creating sub admins on the GajShield Firewall, a crucial step in optimising network management and security pr…
Firmware Version supported: 4.27+ With the release for GajShield firmware version 4.27, you can now add firewall administrators users with LDAP or Active Directory authentication. Follow the steps pro…
In order to setup L2TP VPN Dialer forWindows 7, click on below link. Attached Files: l2tp vpn dialer windows 7.pdf
Document Dated: 28th September 2022 GajShield Firmware Version: 4.5 and above This page helps you to configure IPSec VPN using pre shared key. The following steps need to be followed to configure Site…
Attached Files: How to configure Enterprise Cloud.pdf
In order to configure Dynamic DNS, go to Configuration Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS Configure and press the icon. The following screen appears: Specify the following fields: Host Name: Specify a name to id…
Attached Files: PPTP VPN for XP.pdf
Attached Files: l2tp vpn dialer win 10.pdf
To add a new timeline, Go to Definitions Time Schedule and click on icon. The following screen appears: This section allows to add new Time Set. TimeSet Name: Name of time set. From Time: You can sele…
Once you have set up the SMS gateway in Management Settings SMS Gateway, you’ll have to configure Guest user settings by going to Browsing Guest Users Guest User Settings. Your configured SMS gatewa…
In order to import SSL certificate in your browsers, click on below link. Attached Files: https certificate import.pdf
Firmware Version supported: 4.5 and above In this document we will guide you through the configuration of CMS on your firewall. 1. First go to Definitions Hosts. The following screen appears 2. Click …
In this document, we will guide you through the configuration of HA on your firewalls. Note: For every port that we configure on HA, we need 3 IP addresses. login to the firewall, go to Configuration …
Firmware Version supported: 4.5 and above Bandwidth quotas allow you to control internet access for users and limit the misuse of bandwidth available to them. You can limit bandwidth use based on user…
GajShield Firmware Version: 4.5 and above Document Updated: 6th October 2022 In this document, we will guide you through the steps to configure DHCP blacklists on your firewall. Go to Configuration DH…
Attached Files: NTLM Help.pdf
In this document, we’re going to guide you through the steps of configuring SMS gateway on your firewall. Log in to your firewall and go to Management Settings SMS Gateway. The following information…
Video tutorial Port forwarding or Destination Network Address Translation DNAT with GajShield firewall involves configuring the firewall to redirect incoming network traffic destined for a specific po…
Firmware Version supported: 4.5 and above In this document, we will guide you through the configuration of LDAP on your firewall. Step 1: Create a service group on the firewall by going to Definitions…
Attached Files: Configuration of Wan Failover for Internet Browsing.pdf
2FA adds an extra layer of security…
This section contains information about the parameters required to define the VPN tunnel. Default Policy will by default be pre configured with factory settings. You’ll have to create a new policy f…
GajShield SSL VPN configuration on Firewall OpenVPN Firmware version support 4.28+ This guide will walk you through the steps to configure SSL VPN on your GajShield Firewall. Login to the GajShield fi…
Firmware Version: 4.5 and above The administrator logon session can be managed by configuring inactivity timeout duration after which the administrator session is logged off. To configure the inactivi…
Firmware Version: 4.5+ Prerequisite: You need to add the network objects for 'Destination network' and 'Gateway' To configure a static route in GajShield firewall, you can follow these steps: Login to…
Firmware Version: 4.5+ To configure DOS settings on GajShield firewall, you can follow these steps: Login to the GajShield firewall management console using your admin credentials. Click on Firewall P…
Firmware version supported: 4.5 and above In this document, we will guide you through the steps to configure Proxy ARP on your firewall. Proxy ARP can be used in a network where clients placed on diff…
You can create PPTP connections to allow remote users to connect to connect using the windows PPTP client. You can also provide local user authentication via username and password To configure PPTP on…
In order to configure PPTP VPN Dialer on Windows 7, click on below link. Attached Files: PPTPVPN Windows 7.pdf
You will learn to configure NTLM Authentication with GajShield UPTM in this guide. GajShield supports a wide variety of user authentication of the browsing users like NTLM, Active Directory, LDAP, Rad…
Attached Files: IPS Configuration.pdf
GajShield Firmware Version: 4.5+ The following document will guide you through to configure DNS on your fiÂrewall. Go to Firewall Configuration Static Routes and DNS Go to the Nameservers option. The…
Firmware Support: 4.27+ Troubleshooting of Internet connection can be done from Interfaces tab in the firewall Device Interfaces In the tasks column, the interface connectivity status is denoted by th…