Planet Technology ADW-4300A, ADW-4300B Firewall Rules Screen, Block, Allow, Enable, Action, Outgoing, Incoming, Service Name, Firewall Rules, Firewall Rules, Incoming Rules, Data – Firewall Rules

ADSL Wireless Firewall Router User Guide

Firewall Rules

The Firewall Rules screen allows you to define "Firewall Rules" which can allow or prevent certain traffic.

By default:

∙All Outgoing traffic is permitted.

∙All Incoming traffic is denied.

"Traffic" means incoming connection attempts, not packets.

Because of this default behavior, any Outgoing rules will generally Block traffic, and Incoming rules will generally Allow traffic.

Firewall Rules Screen

An example screen is shown below.

Figure 30 Firewall Screen

Data – Firewall Rules

Incoming Rules

#	For the default rule, this will display "Default".
	For rules which you create, this will display a radio button which
	allows you to select the rule.
Enable	Indicates whether or not the rule is currently enabled.
	For rules you have added, this column will contain a checkbox,
	allowing you to easily enable or disable the rule. (Click "Save"
	after making any changes.)
Service Name	The Service covered by this rule.
Action	The action performed on connections which are covered by this
	rule.

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