USRobotics NETServer/8 - Manual (Page 38)

3-8 Configuration Overview
Packet Filter Table
Packet filters may be created to control which packets are
permitted to pass through given interfaces. Packet filters
created in the Packet Filter Table screen are used in the following
Tables:
•
Net0 (LAN port) Configuration—to control what packets
may pass through the LAN interface to the local network
(output filter) or from it (input filter)
•
Location Table—to control what packets are received from
the remote location (input filter) and what packets are sent
to it (output filter)
•
Ports Table—to control what hosts a user can access, or if the
port is set to Hardwired, to control what packets are re-
ceived from the remote location (input filter) and what
packets are sent to it (output filter)
•
User Table—for a Login User, to control what hosts the user
can access, or for a Network User, to control what packets
are received from the remote location (input filter) and what
packets are sent to it (output filter)