Firewall, Port forwarding – Ubiquiti Networks PowerBridgM User Manual

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Chapter 5: Network Tab

airOS

v5.5.4 User Guide

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

Firewall

(Available in Advanced view.) You can configure firewall
rules for the local and external network interfaces. Click
the + button to display the Firewall section.

Enable

Enables firewall functionality.

Enabled

Enables the specific firewall rule. All the added

firewall rules are saved in the system configuration file;
however, only the enabled firewall rules are active on the
device.

Target

To allow packets to pass through the firewall

unmodified, select ACCEPT. To block packets and send no
response, select DROP.

Interface

Select the appropriate interface where the

firewall rule is applied. To apply the firewall rule to all
interfaces, select ANY.

IP Type

Sets which specific Layer 3 protocol type (IP, ICMP,

TCP, UDP) should be filtered.

!

Can be used to invert the Source IP/Mask, Source Port,

Destination IP/Mask, and Destination Port filtering criteria.
For example, if you enable ! (Not) for the specified
Destination Port value 443, then the filtering criteria will
be applied to all the packets sent to any Destination Port
except port 443, which is commonly used by HTTPS.

Source IP/Mask

Check the box and specify the source IP

of the packet (specified within the packet header). Usually
it is the IP of the host system that sends the packets. For
example, if you enter 192.168.1.0/24, you are entering the
range of 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255.

Source Port

Check the box and specify the source port of

the packet (specified within the packet header). Usually it
is the port of the host system application that sends the
packets.

Destination IP/Mask

Check the box and specify the

destination IP of the packet (specified within the packet
header). Usually it is the IP of the system which the packet
is addressed to. For example, if you enter 192.168.1.0/24,
you are entering the range of 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255.

Destination Port

Check the box and specify the

destination port of the packet (specified within the
packet header). Usually it is the port of the host system
application which the packet is addressed to.

Comment

You can enter a brief description of the

purpose for the firewall rule.
All active firewall entries are stored in the FIREWALL chain
of the iptables filter table.

Action

You have the following options:

Add

Add a firewall rule.

Edit

Make changes to a firewall rule. Click Save to save

your changes.

Del

Delete a firewall rule.

Static Routes

(Available in Advanced view.) You can manually add
static routing rules to the system routing table; you can
set a rule that a specific target IP address (or range of IP
addresses) passes through a specific gateway. Click the +
button to display the Static Routes section.

Enabled

Enables the specific static route. All the added

static routes are saved in the system configuration file;
however, only the enabled static routes are active on the
device.

Target Network IP

Specify the IP address of the

destination.

Netmask

Specify the netmask of the destination.

Gateway IP

Specify the IP address of the gateway.

Comment

You can enter a brief description of the

purpose for the static route.

Action

You have the following options:

Add

Add a static route.

Edit

Make changes to a static route. Click Save to save

your changes.

Del

Delete a static route.

Port Forwarding

Port forwarding allows specific ports of the hosts on the
local network to be forwarded to the external network
(WAN). This is useful for a number of applications (such
as FTP servers, VoIP, gaming) that require different host
systems to be seen using a single common IP address/
port. Click the + button to display the Port Forwarding
section.

Enabled

Enables the specific port forwarding rule. All

the added port forwarding rules are saved in the system
configuration file; however, only the enabled port
forwarding rules are active on the device.

Private IP

The IP address of the local host that needs to

be accessible from the external network.

Private Port

The TCP or UDP port of the application

running on the local host. The specified port will be
accessible from the external network.

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