ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Generic Filter Rule Menu Fields

HomeSafe User’s Guide

To configure a generic rule, select Generic Filter Rule in the Filter Type field in menu 21.1.4.1 and press [ENTER] to open Generic Filter Rule, as shown below.

Menu 21.1.4.1 - Generic Filter Rule

Filter #: 4,1

Filter Type= Generic Filter Rule

Active= No

Offset=	0
Length=	0
Mask= N/A

Value= 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:

Figure 27-8 Menu 21.1.4.1 Generic Filter Rule

The following table describes the fields in the Generic Filter Rule menu.

Table 27-4 Generic Filter Rule Menu Fields

FIELD	DESCRIPTION	OPTIONS
Filter #	This is the filter set, filter rule co-ordinates, i.e., 2,3 refers to the second
	filter set and the third rule of that set.
Filter	Use [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select a rule type. Parameters	Generic Filter
Type	displayed below each type will be different. TCP/IP filter rules are used to	Rule
	filter IP packets while generic filter rules allow filtering of non-IP packets.	TCP/IP Filter
		Rule
Active	Select Yes to turn on the filter rule or No to turn it off.	Yes / No
Offset	Enter the starting byte of the data portion in the packet that you wish to	0-255
	compare. The range for this field is from 0 to 255.
Length	Enter the byte count of the data portion in the packet that you wish to	0-8
	compare. The range for this field is 0 to 8.
Mask	Enter the mask (in Hexadecimal notation) to apply to the data portion
	before comparison.
Value	Enter the value (in Hexadecimal notation) to compare with the data
	portion.
More	If Yes, a matching packet is passed to the next filter rule before an action	Yes
	is taken; else the packet is disposed of according to the action fields.	No
	If More is Yes, then Action Matched and Action Not Matched will be No.
Log	Select the logging option from the following:	None
	None - No packets will be logged.	Action Matched
	Action Matched - Only packets that match the rule parameters will be	Action Not
	logged.	Matched
	Action Not Matched - Only packets that do not match the rule parameters	Both
	will be logged.
	Both – All packets will be logged.
Action	Select the action for a packet matching the rule.	Check Next
Matched		Rule
		Forward
		Drop

27-8 Filter Configuration