Chapter 9. Configuring Firewall/NAT Settings

RX3141 User’s Manual

4.Assign a priority for this rule by selecting a number from the “Move to” drop-down list. Note that the number indicates the priority of the rule with 1 being the highest. Higher priority rules will be examined prior to the lower priority rules by the firewall.

5.Select an interface through which to send the packets. Options available are “AUTO”, “ppp0 (unnumbered)”, “ppp1 (PPPoE 0)” and “ppp2 (PPPoE 1)”. Normally select AUTO for router to determine where to send the traffic for packets matched this ACL rule.

6.Make changes to any or all of the following fields: source/destination IP, source/destination port, protocol, ICMP message type and log. Please see Table 9.3 for explanation of these fields.

7.Click on the button to create the new ACL rule. The new ACL rule will then be displayed in the outbound access control list table at the bottom half of the Outbound ACL Configuration page.

Figure 9.6 illustrates how to create a rule to allow outbound HTTP traffic. This rule allows outbound HTTP traffic (destination port 80) to be forwarded to any host on the external network for a host in your LAN w/ IP address 192.168.1.15. Note that the newly added outbound ACL rule is displayed in the Existing Outbound ACL table shown in Figure 9.7.

Figure 9.6. Outbound ACL Configuration ExampleFigure 9.7. Sample Outbound ACL List Table9.5.2Modify Outbound ACL Rules

To modify an outbound ACL rule, follow the instructions below:

1.Open the Outbound ACL Rule configuration page, as shown in Figure 9.5, by double clicking the Router Setup Î Outbound ACL menu.

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