Prestige 645 ADSL Internet Access Router

8.3.3 Novell IPX Filter Rule

This section shows you how to configure an IPX filter rule. IPX filters allow you to base the rules on the fields in the IPX headers.

To configure an IPX rule, select IPX Filter Rule from the Filter Type field and press [ENTER] to open Menu 21.1.1 IPX Filter Rule, as shown in the figure below.

Menu 21.1.1 - IPX Filter Rule

Filter #: 1,1

Filter Type= IPX Filter Rule

Active= No

IPX Packet Type=

Destination: Network #=

Node #=

Socket #=

Socket # Comp= None

Source: Network #=

 

Node #=

 

Socket #=

 

Socket # Comp= None

Operation= N/A

More= No

Log= None

Action Matched= Check Next Rule

Action Not Matched= Check Next Rule

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Press Space Bar to Toggle.

Figure 8-13 Menu 21.1.1 - IPX Filter Rule

The following table describes the IPX Filter Rule.

Table 8-7 IPX Filter Rule Menu Fields

FIELD

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

IPX Packet Type

Enter the IPX packet type (1-byte in hexadecimal) you wish to

 

filter.

 

The popular types are (in hexadecimal):

 

01

- RIP

 

04

- SAP

 

05

- SPX (Sequenced Packet eXchange)

 

11

- NCP (NetWare Core Protocol)

 

14

- Novell NetBIOS

 

 

Destination/Source

Enter the destination/source network numbers (4-byte in

Network #

hexadecimal) of the packet that you wish to filter.

 

 

 

Filter Configuration

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