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Chapter 7 Firewall
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Chapter 7
Firewall
7.1 Firewall General
Use this screen to enable or disable the firewall and manage the default policies (filters). Click
Advanced Setup > Firewall
to open the
General
screen.
Figure 41
Firewall General
Table 38
Firewall General
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Active
Firewall
Select this check box to activate the firewall. The Router performs access control and
protects against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when the firewall is activated. By default the
firewall allows traffic from all interfaces to go to all interfaces. Configure firewall interface
default policies to block specific traffic directions or firewall rules to block specific traffic.
No.
This displays the index number of the default firewall policy.
Active
This field displays whether a policy is turned on or not. Select the check box to enable the
policy. Clear the check box to disable the policy.
Name
This displays the name of the policy.
Interface
This displays the LAN or WAN interface(s) to which this policy is applied.
Direction
This displays the direction of travel of packets (
In
and
Out
).
Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets to which they apply.
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