Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide

Table 54 Firewall: Default Policy (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Packet Direction

This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/Router, LAN to WAN, WAN

 

to WAN/Router or WAN to LAN.

 

Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets to which they

 

apply. For example, LAN to LAN/Router means packets traveling from a

 

computer/subnet on the LAN to either another computer/subnet on the LAN

 

interface of the Prestige or the Prestige itself.

Default Action

Use the radio buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or Forward

 

(allow the passage of) packets that are traveling in the selected direction.

Log

Select the check box to create a log (when the above action is taken) for packets

 

that are traveling in the selected direction and do not match any of the rules below.

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

14.6 Rule Summary

Note: The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied in turn.

Click on Firewall, then Rule Summary to bring up the following screen. This screen is a summary of the existing rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.

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Chapter 14 Firewall Configuration