3G Wireless Router User's Guide

Chapter 9 Firewall
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Figure 103 SECURITY > FIREWALL > Rule Summary
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 43 SECURITY > FIREWALL > Rule Summary
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Packet Direction Use the drop-down list boxes and click Refresh to select a direction of travel of
packets for which you want to display firewall rules.
+/- In the heading row, click + to expand or - to collapse the Source Address,
Destination Address and Service Type drop down lists for all of the displayed
rules.
Default Policy This field displays the default action you selected in the Default Rule screen for the
packet direction displayed.
The following fields summarize the rules you have created that apply to traffic traveling in the selected
packet direction. The firewall rules that you configure (summarized below) take priority over the general
firewall action settings above.
# This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are
applied in turn. Click + to expand or - to collapse the Source Address, Destination
Address and Service Type drop down lists.
Name This is the name of the firewall rule.
Active This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (Y) or not (N). Click the setting to
change it.
Source Address This drop-down list box displays the source addresses or ranges of addresses to
which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination
address is equivalent to Any.
Destination
Address
This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses
to which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination
address is equivalent to Any.
Service Type This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall rule applies.
Custom services have an * before the name. See Appendix D on page 385 for a list
of common services.