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5. Enter the details of the rule in the section that is displayed and click the Save button.
Figure 57 - MAC / IP / Port filtering settings
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Bound
Use the drop down list to select the direction of the traffic for which you want to apply to the rule.
Inbound
refers to all traffic that is entering the router including data entering from the WAN and the
LAN.
Outbound
refers to all traffic exiting the router including traffic leaving in the direction of the
WAN and traffic leaving in the direction of the LAN.
Forward
specifies traffic that enters on the LAN or
WAN side and is forwarded to the opposite end.
Protocol
Use the drop down list to select the protocol for the rule. You can have the rule apply to
All
protocols,
TCP
,
UDP
,
UDP/TCP
or
ICMP.
MAC address
Enter the MAC address in six groups of two hexadecimal digits separated by colons (:). e.g.
00:40:F4:CE:FA:1E
Source IP address Enter the IPv4 address that the traffic originates from and the subnet mask using CIDR notation.
Source port range (From) – (To)
Only appears for TCP, UDP and UDP/TCP options. Use these fields to specify a port or range of
ports from the source side to use for the rule. To specify a single port, repeat it in both the
(From)
and
(To)
fields.
Destination IP address Enter the IPv4 address that the traffic is destined for and the subnet mask using CIDR notation.
Destination port range (From) – (To)
Only appears for TCP, UDP and UDP/TCP options. Use these fields to specify a port or range of
ports on the destination side to use for the rule. To specify a single port, repeat it in both the
(From)
and
(To)
fields.
Action
Select the action to take for traffic which meets the above criteria. You can choose to
Accept
or
Drop
packets. When the default rule is set to
Accept
, you cannot create a rule with an
Accept
action since
the rule is redundant. Likewise, if the default rule is set to
Dropped
you cannot create a rule with a
Drop
action.
Comment [Optional] Use this field to enter a comment as a meaningful description of the rule.
Table 13 - Current MAC / IP / Port filtering rules in effect
6. The new rule is displayed in the filtering rules list. You can edit the rule by clicking the button or delete the rule by
clicking the button.