ZyXEL Communications 2602HW 6.8 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules

Prestige 2602HW Series Quick Start Guide

	Table 6 Firewall: Default Policy
LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Packet	This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/Router, LAN to
Direction	WAN, WAN to WAN/Route and 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	Use the radio buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or
Action	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.

6.8 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules

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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