Configure stateful firewall – Siemens 5881 User Manual

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SIEMENS 5881 Broadband Internet Router
User’s Guide

Chapter 6 Security Setup

Stateful Firewall

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Configure Stateful Firewall

To configure the Stateful Firewall:

1. Click Stateful Firewall from the left navigation pane of the Router Information page. This displays the

Stateful Firewall Configuration page.

2. For Firewall Status, select On or Off to turn Stateful Firewall on or off.

3. For Watch Setting, select On or Off to control whether or not messages are printed to the console

whenever a packet is accepted or dropped.

4. In Dropped Packet Threshold Setting, specify the number of packets per second that must be dropped

before a message is logged to the console. The default value is 200 packets per second.

5. In UDP Packet Threshold Setting, specify the number of UDP Packets per second that can be received.

When this number is exceeded, the firewall blocks any subsequent UDP packets. The default value is
1000 UDP packets per second.

6. In ICMP Ping Packet Threshold Setting, specify the number of ICMP Ping Packets per second that can

be received. When this number is exceeded, the firewall blocks any subsequent ICMP ping packets. The
default value is 1000 ICMP Ping Packets per second.

7. In SYN Packet Threshold Setting, specify the number of SYN requests per second that can be received.

When this number is exceeded, the firewall blocks any subsequent SYN requests. The default value is 200
SYN packets per second.

8. Click Apply.

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