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| Packet Direction | This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/Router, LAN to WAN, WAN |
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| Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets to which they |
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| apply. For example, LAN to LAN/Router means packets traveling from a |
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| computer/subnet on the LAN to either another computer/subnet on the LAN |
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| Default Action | Use the radio buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or Forward |
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| that are traveling in the selected direction and do not match any of the rules below. |
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| Back | Click Back to return to the previous screen. |
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| Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige. |
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| Cancel | Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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11.6 Rule Summary
Note: The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied in turn.
Refer to Section 10.1 on page 118 for more information.
Click on Firewall, then Rule Summary to bring up the following screen. This screen is a summary of the existing rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.
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