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Router User’s Guide Monitoring Network Health

Creating Custom IP Filter Rules

To add a new rule:

1.Type up to a five digit numeric value in the Rule No box to uniquely identify the rule.

2.Select either Permit or Deny from the Access drop-down menu. Select Permit to allow the rule and Deny to prohibit the rule.

3.Select either Inbound or Outbound from the Direction drop-down menu. Inbound refers to data coming into the Router, while Outbound refers to data transmitted from the Router.

4.Optionally, select the Disable stateful inspection for packets matching this rule to prevent the firewall from creating a stateful inspection session for packets matched on this rule.

5.Optionally, select the Create a log entry for packets matching this rule. When selected, an entry is placed in the log file when packets match this rule.

6.Click Next. This displays the “Source & Destination Definition” window.

7.Under the Source heading, select a network connection from the Network Interface drop-down menu.

8.Select one of the following options:

•Any IP Address

Select this option if this rule applies to any IP address from the source.

•This IP Address

Select this option if a rule applies to a specific IP address from the source.

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