
PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual
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Inbound / Outbound Firewall Settings
Rule Name
This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule.
Enable
This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect.
With an Enable value of
Yes
, the firewall rule takes effect: traffic is
matched, and actions are taken, by PePLink Balance based on the
other parameters of the rule.
With an Enable value of
No
, the firewall rule does not take effect:
PePLink Balance disregards the other parameters of the rule.
WAN Connection
This setting specifies the WAN connection(s) on which the rule applies:
Any
WAN1
WAN2
WAN3 (applicable only to PePLink Balance 30, 300, 380 and 700)
WAN4 to WAN7 (applicable only to PePLink Balance 700)
A value of
Any
,
WAN1
,
WAN2
, … and
WAN7
specifies that the rule
applies to all WAN connections, WAN1, WAN2, … and WAN7,
respectively.
Protocol
This setting specifies the protocol to be matched.
Via a drop-down menu, the following protocols can be specified:
TCP
UDP
ICMP
IP
Alternatively, the
Common Services
drop-down menu can be used to
automatically fill in the Protocol and Port number of common Internet
services (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
After selecting an item from the
Common Services
drop-down menu,
the Protocol and Port number remains manually modifiable.