User's Manual

USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

Inbound / Outbound Firewall Settings

Rule Name

This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule.

Enable

This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect.

If the box is checked, the firewall rule takes effect. If the traffic matches the specified

Protocol/IP/Port, actions will be taken by Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of

the rule.

If the box is not checked, the firewall rule does not take effect. Peplink Balance will

disregard the other parameters of the rule.

Protocol

This setting specifies the protocol to be matched.

Via a drop-down menu, the following protocols can be specified:

· TCP

· UDP

· ICMP

· IP

Alternatively, the Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu can be used to automatically

fill in the Protocol and Port number of common Internet services (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)

After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu, the Protocol

and Port number remains manually modifiable.

Source IP & Port

This specifies the source IP address(es) and port number(s) to be matched for the firewall

rule.

A single address, or a network, can be specified as the Source IP & Port setting, as

indicated with the following screenshots:

In addition, a single port, or a range of ports, can be specified for the Source IP &

Portsettings.

Destination IP &

Port

This specifies the destination IP address(es) and port number(s) to be matched for the

firewall rule.

A single address, or a network, can be specified as the Source IP & Port setting, as

indicated with the following screenshots:

In addition, a single port, or a range of ports, can be specified for the Source IP &

Portsettings.

Action

This setting specifies the action to be taken by

the router upon encountering traffic that

matches the both of the following: