User’s Manual
Light Industrial AP
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7.3 Firewall
The system provides an added security feature, Layer2 Firewall, in addition to the typical AP security.
Layer2 Firewall offers a firewall function that is tailored specifically for Layer2 traffic, providing another
choice of shield against possible security threats coming from/going to WLAN (AP interfaces); hence,
besides firewall policies configured on gateways, this extra security feature will assist to mitigate possible
security breach. This section provides information in the following functions:
Firewall Lists
,
Service
and
Advanced Firewall Settings
.
7.3.1 Firewall List
It provides an overview of firewall rules in the system; 6 default rules with up to a total of 20 firewall rules
are available for configuration.
Firewall List Page
From the overview table, each rule is designated with the following field;
No.:
The numbering will decide the priority for the system to carry out the available firewall rules in
the tables.
State:
The check marks will enable the respective rules.
Action:
DROP
denotes a block rule;
ACCEPT
denotes a pass rule.
Name:
Shows the name of the rule.
EtherType:
Denotes the type of traffic subjected to this rule.
Remark:
Shows the note of this rule.
Setting:
4 actions are available;
Del
denotes to delete the rule,
Ed
denotes to edit the rule,
In
denotes to insert a rule, and
Mv
denotes to move the rule.
