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  L2TP  Passthrough  -  Layer  Two  Tunneling  Protocol  (L2TP)  is  the  method  used  to 
enable Point-to-Point sessions via the Internet on the Layer Two level. To allow L2TP 
tunnels to pass through the router, click Enable. 
  IPSec  Passthrough  -  Internet  Protocol  security  (IPSec)  is  a  suite  of  protocols  for 
ensuring private, secure communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, through 
the use of cryptographic security services. To allow IPSec tunnels to pass through the 
router, click Enable. 
  ALG - It is recommended to enable Application Layer Gateway (ALG) because ALG allows 
customized  Network  Address  Translation  (NAT)  traversal  filters  to  be  plugged  into  the 
gateway to support address and port translation for certain application layer "control/data" 
protocols such as FTP, TFTP, H323 etc.   
  FTP ALG - To allow FTP clients and servers to transfer data across NAT, click Enable. 
  TFTP  ALG -  To  allow  TFTP  clients  and  servers to  transfer data  across NAT,  click 
Enable. 
  H323 ALG - To allow Microsoft NetMeeting clients to communicate across NAT, click 
Enable. 
  RTSP ALG - To allow some media player clients to communicate with some streaming 
media servers across NAT, click Enable. 
  SIP ALG - To allow some multimedia clients to communicate across NAT, click Enable. 
Click the Save button to save your settings. 
4.12.2  Advanced Security 
Choose menu “Security  →  Advanced Security”, and then you can protect the router from being 
attacked by TCP-SYN Flood, UDP Flood and ICMP-Flood in the screen as shown in Figure 4-62.