APC NBRK0570, NBRK0550, NBRK0450 manual IP Filter, Overview, Adding new filters

IP Filter

Overview

Use the IP Filter icon to limit access to your appliance to users connecting from specified IP addresses or IP address ranges.

By default, users from any IP address can attempt to access your appliance. While access to the appliance is granted only when valid user account names and passwords are provided, IP Filtering provides additional security.

The IP Filter allows you to specify the following behavior:

•Which IP addresses can (or cannot) access the NetBotz appliance.

•Which protocols can (or cannot) be used to contact the NetBotz appliance over the specified IP address range.

•Which port numbers can (or cannot) be used to contact the NetBotz appliance over the specified IP address range.

Adding new filters

1.On the Configuration tab, double-click IP Filter.

2.Click Add to create a new filter entry.

3.Specify the details of the filtering rule and click OK. Detailed explanations of the fields are listed later in this topic.

4.Repeat as necessary to construct all of the filtering rules for the appliance.

5.Click OK to submit all of the new rules to the appliance.

WARNING: Exiting the screen without clicking OK will not retain any of the rules created during this session.

You click Revert to restore the original rules that existed when the IP Filter Configuration dialog was opened.

You select a filter in the list, and click Edit to modify it.

When there is more than one filter in the list, you can select a filter and click Up or Down to move it in the list. See Configuring IP filters later in this topic for a more detailed explanation.

You click Cancel to discard all changes and close the IP Filter Configuration dialog.

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