12

CREATING AND USING

 

 

PACKET FILTERS

 

This chapter describes how to create and edit packet filters using the packet

 

filter language. This chapter also provides instructions for how to:

 

List, display, and delete currently defined filters

 

Load packet filter definitions created in an ASCII-based editor onto the

 

Switch 2200 system

 

Assign filters to ports on the system

 

 

About

Independently configurable packet filtering is provided for the various

Packet Filtering

packet processing paths on each Ethernet port of a Switch 2200. The packet

 

processing paths are defined in Table 12-1.

 

Table 12-1 Packet Processing Paths

Path

Description

 

 

Transmit all

All frames that are transmitted to the segment connected to the port

Transmit

All multicast (including broadcast) frames that are transmitted to the

multicast

segment connected to the port

Receive all

All frames that are received by the port from the segment connected

 

to the port

Receive

All multicast (including broadcast) frames that are received by the

multicast

port from the segment connected to the port

 

 

When you create a packet filter, you can assign it to the transmit or the receive path of each port, or to both paths.

For additional detailed explanations of packet filter concepts, see Chapter 7:

User-defined Packet Filtering in the SuperStack™ II Switch 2200

Operation Guide.

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