Wireless ADSL Modem User’s Manual 45
Bridge filtering
Bridge Filtering allows packets to be forwarded or blocked, depending on the MAC
address The
Bridge Filtering
configuration page allows users to set the configuration of
IP filtering.
•
Source MAC:
When the bridge filtering is enabled, enter the
Source MAC
address
, select
Block
and click
Add
. Then all incoming WAN and LAN Ethernet
packets matched with this source MAC address will be filtered out. If the
Forward
is selected, then the packets will be forwarded to the destination PC.
•
Destination MAC:
When the bridge filtering is enabled, enter
the Destination
MAC address
, select
Block
and click
Add
. Then all incoming WAN and LAN
Ethernet packets matched with this destination MAC address will be filtered out.
If the
Forward
is selected, then the packets will be forwarded to the destination
PC.
•
Type:
Enter the hexadecimal number for the Ethernet type field in Ethernet_II
packets. For example, 0800 is for IP protocol.
•
Block:
When block is selected, everything from the
Source MAC
with
destination
Destination MAC
will be blocked.
•
Forward:
When forward is selected, everything from the
Source MAC
will be
forwarded to the
Destination MAC
.