CONFIGURING ADVANCED BRIDGING

Bridge Filters

For Unrestricted Bridging, the following additional filter actions are available only on a system with an Ethernet-2 adapter executing the local bridge option.

Filter Action

Distribution

Result

 

List

 

 

 

 

DISCARD

LAN PORT 1

A packet matching this filter will not be forwarded

 

 

on LAN port 1. The packet will be sent to remote

 

 

sites connected over the WAN and to LAN port 2

 

 

according to the normal learning bridge methods.

 

 

 

DISCARD

LAN PORT 2

A packet matching this filter will not be forwarded

 

 

on LAN port 2. The packet will be sent to remote

 

 

sites connected over the WAN and to LAN port 1

 

 

according to the normal learning bridge methods.

 

 

 

DISCARD

LAN PORT 1

A packet matching this filter will only be

 

and WAN

forwarded on LAN port 2 according to the normal

 

 

learning bridge methods. The packet will not be

 

 

sent to remote sites connected over the WAN or to

 

 

LAN port 1.

 

 

 

DISCARD

LAN PORT 2

A packet matching this filter will only be

 

and WAN

forwarded on LAN port 1 according to the normal

 

 

learning bridge methods. The packet will not be

 

 

sent to remote sites connected over the WAN or to

 

 

LAN port 2.

 

 

 

DISCARD

Device List*

A packet matching this filter will not be forwarded

 

 

to any sites on this Device List.

 

 

 

CONNECT

Device List*

A packet matching this filter will be connected and

 

 

forwarded to the sites on the specified Device List.

 

 

 

*Device List may be the on-node device database, or it may be located on an off-node authentication server.

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Enterasys Networks CSX6000 On LAN port 1. The packet will be sent to remote, Sites connected over the WAN and to LAN port