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Configuring Firewall Rules for OnBoard Packet Filtering
270 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
T To Add a New Packet Filtering (Firewall) Rule
1. Log into the Web Manager as an administrative user.
See “To Log Into the Web Manager for the Administrative User” on page
108, if needed.
2. Go to Network → Firewall.
3. Click the “Add new table_name chainname rule” button underneath the
entry for the chain to which you wish to add a rule.
4. Configure one or more of the following filtering options, as desired.
a. Select a protocol from the “Protocol” pull-down menu.
b. Specify a source IP and subnet mask in the form: hostIPaddress or
networkIPaddress/NN.
c. Specify a destination IP and subnet mask in the form: hostIPaddress
or networkIPaddress/NN.
d. Depending on which chain you selected, select an input or output
interface from the “Input interface” or “Output interface” pull-down
menu.
e. Choose the types of packets to be filtered from the “Fragments” pull-
down menu.
f. Select a target from the “Rule target” pull-down menu.
5. Click OK.
6. Click the “Save and apply changes” button.
T To Edit an Administrator-added Packet
Filtering (Firewall) Rule
1. Log into the Web Manager as an administrative user.
See “To Log Into the Web Manager for the Administrative User” on page
108, if needed.
2. Go to Network → Firewall.
3. Click the “Edit” button for the entry for the rule you want to change.
4. Configure one or more of the following filtering options, as desired.