Chapter 38 Filter Configuration

The following table describes how to configure your TCP/IP filter rule.

Table 204 Menu 21.1.1.1: TCP/IP Filter Rule

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to activate the filter rule or No

 

to deactivate it.

 

 

IP Protocol

Protocol refers to the upper layer protocol, e.g., TCP is 6, UDP is 17 and ICMP is 1.

 

Type a value between 0 and 255. A value of 0 matches ANY protocol.

 

 

IP Source Route

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to apply the rule to packets

 

with an IP source route option. Otherwise the packets must not have a source route

 

option. The majority of IP packets do not have source route.

 

 

Destination

 

 

 

IP Addr

Enter the destination IP Address of the packet you wish to filter. This field is ignored

 

if it is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

IP Mask

Enter the IP mask to apply to the Destination: IP Addr.

 

 

Port #

Enter the destination port of the packets that you wish to filter. The range of this field

 

is 0 to 65535. This field is ignored if it is 0.

 

 

Port # Comp

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select the comparison to apply to the

 

destination port in the packet against the value given in Destination: Port #.

 

Options are None, Equal, Not Equal, Less and Greater.

 

 

Source

 

 

 

IP Addr

Enter the source IP Address of the packet you wish to filter. This field is ignored if it

 

is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

IP Mask

Enter the IP mask to apply to the Source: IP Addr.

 

 

Port #

Enter the source port of the packets that you wish to filter. The range of this field is 0

 

to 65535. This field is ignored if it is 0.

 

 

Port # Comp

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select the comparison to apply to the

 

source port in the packet against the value given in Source: Port #.

 

Options are None, Equal, Not Equal, Less and Greater.

 

 

TCP Estab

This field is applicable only when the IP Protocol field is 6, TCP. Press [SPACE

 

BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes, to have the rule match packets that want to

 

establish a TCP connection (SYN=1 and ACK=0); if No, it is ignored.

 

 

More

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes or No. If Yes, a matching

 

packet is passed to the next filter rule before an action is taken; if No, the packet is

 

disposed of according to the action fields.

 

If More is Yes, then Action Matched and Action Not Matched will be N/A.

 

 

Log

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select a logging option from the following:

 

None – No packets will be logged.

 

Action Matched - Only packets that match the rule parameters will be logged.

 

Action Not Matched - Only packets that do not match the rule parameters will be

 

logged.

 

Both – All packets will be logged.

 

 

Action Matched

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select the action for a matching packet.

 

Options are Check Next Rule, Forward and Drop.

 

 

Action Not

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select the action for a packet not

Matched

matching the rule.

 

Options are Check Next Rule, Forward and Drop.

 

 

When you have Menu 21.1.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule configured, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel. This data will now be displayed on Menu 21.1.1 - Filter Rules Summary.

 

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