3Com 2200 manual Deleting Packet Filters, Editing, Checking, Saving

12-20 CHAPTER 12: CREATING AND USING PACKET FILTERS

Using an External Text Editor

To use an ASCII-based editor to create a packet filter:

1Create the definition in a text file.

2From a networked workstation, ftp the file to the Switch 2200 on which you want to load the filter.

3Load the filter as described in “Loading Packet Filters” on page 12-22.

Deleting Packet Filters

Top-Level Menu
system			list
ethernet display
			display
fddi	ipFragmentation
			create
➧bridge	ipxSnapTranslation
		➧delete
ip	addressThreshold
	agingTime		edit
snmp
			load
analyzer stpState
			assign
script	stpPriority
	stpMaxAge unassign
logout
			addressGroup
	stpHelloTime
			portGroup
	stpForwardDelay
	stpGroupAddress
	port

➧packetFilter

Deleting a packet filter removes the filter from the Switch 2200 system.

To delete a packet filter:

1From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

bridge packetFilter delete

2Enter the id of the filter to delete. To find the id of the filter, list the filters as described in “Listing Packet Filters” on page 12-2.

You are prompted to confirm the deletion.

3Enter y (yes) to delete or n (no) to return to the previous menu.

Editing, Checking	You can use the Switch 2200 system line editor to edit packet filters. Once
and Saving	you save the packet filter, it is checked for syntax errors. The Switch 2200
Packet Filters	system software will not allow you to assign the packet filter to a port until
	the filter is error-free.
	You can also edit a packet filter using an ASCII-based text editor such as
	EMACS or vi. You can then use ftp to send the filter text to the Switch 2200
	system from a networked workstation.