iConnectAccess624W
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Bridge Filters
The Bridge filtering mechanism enables users to define rules which allow/deny frames
through the iConnectAccess624W, based on source and destination MAC address and/or
frame type. The user should note that the bridge filter will only examine frames from
interfaces that are part of the bridge itself. Twenty filter rules are supported with bridge
filtering.
The User Interface for Bridge Filter sallows the following functionality:
Adding/Editing/Deleting filter rules;
Enabling filter rules.
To Enable Bridge Address Filters:
The Enable Bridge Filters button allows the user to enable or disable Bridge filtering. It
can be checked / unchecked during any editing operation. It can also be set/unset
independently by just clicking the Apply button.
From any screen in the web interface,
step 1
Click Advanced, then Bridge Filters. The following screen appears:
step 2
Check the Enable Bridge Filters checkbox, and click Apply. You can now
select the bridge filter management interface from the Bridge Filter
Management Interface drop-down list.
step 3
If more than one LAN group as been created, Select the LAN group the filter
rules are to be applied to.
step 4
Enter the source MAC address in the Src MAC field.
step 5
Select the source port in the Src Port drop-down list.
step 6
Enter the destination MAC address in the Dest MAC field.
step 7
Select the destination port in the Dest Port drop-down list.
NOTE:
Entering 0s in the Source or Destination fields means ALL MAC addresses
are matched.
step 8
Select the protocol to be filtered from the Protocol drop-down list.
step 9
Select the mode with desired filtering type from the Mode drop-down list.
The options are Allow or Deny.
