ZyXEL Communications Prestige 2602H Series - Manual (Page 186)

Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide
186 Chapter 14 Firewall Configuration
14.6 Rule Summary
Note: The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied in turn.
Click on Firewall, then Rule Summary to bring up the following screen. This screen is a
summary of the existing rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.
Packet Direction This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/Router, LAN to WAN, WAN
to WAN/Router or WAN to LAN.
Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets to which they
apply. For example, LAN to LAN/Router means packets traveling from a
computer/subnet on the LAN to either another computer/subnet on the LAN
interface of the Prestige or the Prestige itself.
Default Action Use the radio buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or Forward
(allow the passage of) packets that are traveling in the selected direction.
Log Select the check box to create a log (when the above action is taken) for packets
that are traveling in the selected direction and do not match any of the rules below.
Back Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 54 Firewall: Default Policy (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION