Configuring Schedules in Gen7 SonicOS

Schedule Groups are groups of schedules to which you can apply firewall rules. For example, you might want to block access to auction sites during business hours, but allow employees to access the sites after hours.

You can apply rules to specific schedule times or all schedules within a Schedule Group. For example, you might create an Engineering Work Hours group that runs from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Monday through Friday and 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. After configured, you can apply specific firewall rules to the entire Engineering Work Hours Schedule Group or only to the weekday schedule.

To create a Schedule Group, complete the following steps:

1. Login to the firewall.
2. Navigate to Object | Match Objects | Schedules.
   
   
   
3. Click on the "Add" button 
   
4. In the   Schedule Type    section, select if the schedule will occur    Once , Recurring or Mixed
5. For a schedule that occurs only once, select the year, month, date, hour, and minutes for the   Start and  End  fields.
   
   
6. For recurring schedules, select the check boxes for each day the schedule applies. Enter the start time for the recurring schedule in the Start Time field and also the End Time field. Make sure to use the 24-hour format for both of them.
   
   
7. For the schedule type as "Mixed" you can use recurring and once in the same configuration, make sure to follow the steps mentioned at 6 and 4.
8. After configuring the desired schedule click on "Add" 
9. To delete an existent schedule, click on "Delete this schedule" icon 
10. To edit an existent schedule, click on the "Edit this schedule" icon