Chapter 14 Firewall

Figure 114 IP Alias

14.3 Firewall Screens

14.3.1 General Firewall Screen

Use this screen to configure the basic settings for your firewall. To access this screen, click Security > Firewall > General.

Figure 115 Security > Firewall > General

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 86 Security > Firewall > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable Firewall

Select this to activate the firewall. The ZyXEL Device controls access and protects

 

against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when the firewall is activated.

 

 

Bypass Triangle

Select this if you want to let some traffic from the WAN go directly to a computer in

Route

the LAN without passing through the ZyXEL Device. See the appendices for more

 

information about triangle route topology.

 

 

Max NAT/Firewall

Select the maximum number of NAT rules and firewall rules the ZyXEL Device

Session Per User

enforces at one time. The ZyXEL Device automatically allocates memory for the

 

maximum number of rules, regardless of whether or not there is a rule to enforce.

 

This is the same number you enter in Network > NAT > General.

 

 

 

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