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Filtering

This chapter discusses MAC address port filtering.

10.1 Configure a Filtering Rule

Filtering means sifting traffic going through the Switch based on the MAC addresses and VLAN group (ID).

Click Advanced Application > Filtering in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown next.

Figure 39 Advanced Application > Filtering

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 20 Advanced Application > Filtering

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Make sure to select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate

 

a rule without deleting it by deselecting this check box.

 

 

Name

Type a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for this rule. This is for

 

identification only.

 

 

MAC

Type a MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal character

 

pairs.

 

 

VID

Type the VLAN group identification number.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

 

configuring.

 

 

 

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