NETGEAR RT311, RT314 manual TCP/IP Filter Rule Fields, Field Descriptions

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers

Table 10-4.	TCP/IP Filter Rule Fields
Field		Descriptions
Active		Make the filter rule active (Yes) or inactive (No).
IP Protocol		Protocol refers to the IP-specific number of the protocol. The range for the value
		entered in this field should be between 0 and 255 (for example, 6 refers to the TCP
		protocol).
IP Source Route		Yes or No in this field determines whether to check the source route.
Destination:
IP Addr		Enter the destination IP address of the packet you want to filter. The address is usually
		written in dotted-decimal notation such as a.b.c.d where a, b, c, and d are numbers
		between 0 and 255.
IP Mask		Enter the IP subnet mask that will be used to mask the bits of the IP address given in
		Destination: IP Addr. Refer to Chapter 1, “Introduction,” for more information.
Port #		Enter the destination port of the packets that you want to filter. The range of this field is
		0 to 65535.
Port # Comp		Select the comparison quantifier you want to enable to compare to the value given in
		Destination: Port #. There are five options for this field:
		• None (default)
		• Less
		• Greater
		• Equal
		• Not Equal
Source:
IP Addr		Enter the source IP address of the packet you want to filter. The IP address is usually
		written in dotted-decimal notation such as a.b.c.d where a, b, c, and d are numbers
		between 0 and 255.
IP Mask		Enter the IP subnet mask that is used to mask the bits of the IP address given in
		Source: IP Addr. See“Netmask” on page B-4for information about IP subnet masks.
Port #		Enter the source port of the packets that you want to filter. The range of this field is 0 to
		65535.
Port # Comp		Select the comparison quantifier you want to use to compare to the value given in
		Source: Port #. There are five options for this field:
		• None (Default)
		• Less
		• Greater
		• Equal
		• Not Equal

Configuring Filters 10-7