Setting up network locations (F-Secure)

You can, for example, set up network locations and rules so that when a device is at home, Sofware Updater and firewall are on, but when at the office, both Software Updater and firewall are off. For this, you need to add two locations and create four rules.

To set up network locations and rules:

1. 1. Select Profiles on the sidebar.
   2. On the Profiles page, select a profile for which you want to set up the network locations and create the rules.
   3. Select Network locations, and make sure it is on.
   4. Select Add location above the Locations table, and do the following:
      1. In the Name column, enter a descriptive name for the location, for example, At home.
      2. In the Triggers column, from the Type drop-down menu, select My network.
      3. In the Value field, enter the network mask, for example, 10.0.0.0/24.

         Note: A location can have multiple triggers, but it must have at least one.

      4. Select Add trigger.
      5. From the Type drop-down menu, select DHCP server IP address.
      6. In the Value field, enter the DHCP server IP address.

The new location will be active when both triggers are active.

1. To add another location, select Add location and do the following:
   1. In the Name column, enter a descriptive name for the location, for example, At the office.
   2. In the Triggers column, from the Type drop-down menu, select Default gateway IP address.
   3. In the Value field, enter the default gateway IP address.

      Note: You can raise or lower the priority of a location. A location with a higher priority is processed before a location with a lower priority. For example, if you have a network location “At home” set to “Always” and another location “At the office” set to “Default gateway IP address”, it is important that the “At home” location has a lower priority. Otherwise, the device location “At home” takes always precedence over the “At the office” location.

2. To create a rule, select Add rule above the Rules table, and do the following:
   1. In the Location column, from the drop-down menu, select the location where the rule is applied, in this example, At home.
   2. In the Setting column, from the drop-down menu, select one of the product feature that is turned on or off by the rule, in this example, Software updater.
   3. In the Value column, make sure the switch is turned on.
3. To create another rule, select Add rule, and do the following:
   1. In the Location column, from the drop-down menu, select At home.
   2. In the Setting column, from the drop-down menu, select Firewall.
   3. In the Value column, make sure the switch is turned on.
4. Repeat the last two steps to create two more rules for the location “At the office”:
   1. For the first rule, in the Setting column, select Software updater and in the Value column, turn the switch off.
   2. For the second rule, in the Setting column, select Firewall and in the Value column, turn the switch off.

   Note: For a rule to be applied, the location must be active.

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