User's Manual

Chapter 2 Configuration

Filtering Options – Bridge Filtering

To access Bridge Filtering, point to the Filtering Options on the left window and click Bridge Filtering submenu, or click the Bridge

button in the Filtering Options window.

Bridge filters are used to block or allow various types of packets

through the WAN/LAN interface. This may be done for security

or to improve network efficiency. The rules are configured for

individual devices based on MAC address. Filter rules can be

set up for source, destination or both. You can set up filter rules

and disable the entire set of rules without loosing the rules that

have been configured.

Select Bridge Filtering Global Policy: ALLOW all packets but

DENY those matching any of the specific rules listed or

DENY all packets but ALLOW those matching any of the

specific rules listed for the rules that configured below. Click

the Add button to see the Add Bridge Filter section. Select a

protocol (PPPoE, IPv4, IPv6, Apple Talk, IPX or IGMP) in the

Protocol Type list, type in a Source MAC, a Destination MAC

or both in the entry fields. Select a direction (LAN=>WAN,

WAN=>LAN, or LAN<=>WAN) in the Frame Direction list.

Click the Apply button to add the entry in the Active Bridge

Filters table. To remove an entry in the table, click the

corresponding button. To modify a table entry, click the

corresponding button, make the desired changes, and then

click the Apply button.

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