P314 Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

7.2.1 Filter Rules Summary Menu

This screen shows the summary of the existing rules in the filter set. The following tables contain a brief description of the abbreviations used in the previous menus.

Table 7-1

Abbreviations Used in the Filter Rules Summary Menu

Abbreviations

 

Description

Display

 

 

 

#

Refers to the filter rule number (1-6).

 

 

 

 

A

Shows whether the rule is active or not.

[Y] means the filter rule is active.

 

 

 

[N] means the filter rule is inactive.

 

 

 

Type

Refers to the type of filter rule.

[GEN] for Generic.

 

This shows GEN for generic, or IP for

[IP] for TCP/IP.

 

TCP/IP

 

 

 

 

 

Filter Rules

The filter rule parameters will be

 

 

displayed here (see below).

 

 

 

 

M

Refers to More. More in a set behaves

[Y] means there are more rules to check.

 

like a logical AND i.e., the set is only

[N] means there are no more rules to check.

 

matched if ALL rules in it are matched.

 

 

 

[Y] means an action can not yet be taken

 

 

as there are more rules to check, which

 

 

are concatenated with the present rule

 

 

to form a rule chain. When the rule chain

 

 

is complete an action can be taken.

 

 

[N] means you can now specify an action

 

 

to be taken i.e., forward the packet, drop

 

 

the packet or check the next rule. For the

 

 

latter, the next rule is independent of the

 

 

rule just checked.

 

 

If More is Yes, then Action Matched and

 

 

Action Not Matched will be N/A.

 

 

 

 

m

Refers to Action Matched.

[F] means to forward the packet.

 

[F] means to forward the packet

[D] means to drop the packet.

 

immediately and skip checking the

[N] means check the next rule.

 

remaining rules.

 

 

 

 

 

n

Refers to Action Not Matched.

[F] means to forward the packet.

 

[F] means to forward the packet

[D] means to drop the packet.

 

immediately and skip checking the

[N] means check the next rule.

 

remaining rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The protocol dependent filter rules abbreviation are listed as follows:

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Filter Configuration