NetComm Wireless NWL-12 Series, User Manual

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Figure 55 - MAC / IP / Port filtering settings
OPTION DESCRIPTION
Bound
Use the drop down list to select the direction of the traffic for which you want to apply to the rule.
Inbound
refers to all traffic that is entering the
router including data entering from the WAN and the LAN.
Outbound
refers to all traffic exiting the router including traffic leaving in the direction of
the WAN and traffic leaving in the direction of the LAN. Forward specifies traffic that enters on the LAN or WAN side and is forwarded to the
opposite end.
Protocol Use the drop down list to select the protocol for the rule. You can have the rule apply to
All
protocols,
TCP
,
UDP
,
UDP/TCP
or
ICMP.
Source MAC Address Enter the MAC address in six groups of two hexadecimal digits separated by colons (:). e.g. 00:40:F4:CE:FA:1E
Source IP Address Enter the IPv4 address that the traffic originates from and the subnet mask using CIDR notation.
Destination IP Address Enter the IPv4 address that the traffic is destined for and the subnet mask using CIDR notation.
Action
Select the action to take for traffic which meets the above criteria. You can choose to Accept or Drop packets. When the default rule is set to Accept ,
you cannot create a rule with an
Accept
action since the rule is redundant. Likewise, if the default rule is set to
Dropped
you cannot create a rule with
a
Drop
action.
Comment [Optional] Use this field to enter a comment as a meaningful description of the rule.
Table 14 - Current MAC / IP / Port filtering rules in effect
6. The new rule is displayed in the filtering rules list. You can edit the rule by clicking the
Edit
button or delete the rule by clicking the button.
Figure 56 - Completed filtering rule