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14.3 IPv6 Firewall Screen
This chapter shows you how to enable and create IPv6 firewall rules to filter IPv6 traffic.
Add Firewall Rule
Service Name
Enter a name that identifies or describes the firewall rule.
MAC Address
Enter the MAC address of the computer for which the firewall rule applies.
Dest IP Address
Enter the IP address of the computer to which traffic for the application or service is
entering.
The NBG6817 applies the firewall rule to traffic initiating from this computer.
Source IP Address Enter the IP address of the computer that initializes traffic for the application or service.
The NBG6817 applies the firewall rule to traffic initiating from this computer.
Protocol
Select the protocol (
TCP
,
UDP
or
ICMP
) used to transport the packets for which you want
to apply the firewall rule.
Dest Port Range
This is the port number/range of the destination that define the traffic type, for example
TCP port 80 defines web traffic.
Source Port
Range
This is the port number/range of the source that define the traffic type, for example TCP
port 80 defines web traffic.
Add Rule
Click
Add
Rule
to save the firewall rule.
Firewall Rule
#
This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are
applied in turn.
Service Name
This is a name that identifies or describes the firewall rule.
MAC addresse
This is the MAC address of the computer for which the firewall rule applies.
Dest IP
This is the IP address of the computer to which traffic for the application or service is
entering.
Source IP
This is the IP address of the computer from which traffic for the application or service is
initialized.
Protocol
This is the protocol (
TCP
,
UDP
or
ICMP
) used to transport the packets for which you
want to apply the firewall rule.
Dest Port Range
This is the port number/range of the destination that define the traffic type, for example
TCP port 80 defines web traffic.
Source Port
Range
This is the port number/range of the source that define the traffic type, for example TCP
port 80 defines web traffic.
Delete
Click
to remove the firewall rule.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save the settings.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to start configuring this screen again.
Table 51
Expert Mode > Security > IPv4 Firewall (continued)
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