11 filtering, 1 introduction to filtering, 2 configuring filtering – ZyXEL Communications 1 User Manual

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NetAtlas Enterprise 1.00 User’s Guide

Chapter 11 Switch Configuration

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Figure 82 Configuration: Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding: Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen..

Table 41 Configuration: Switch Configuration: MAC Forwarding: Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule

without deleting it by clearing this check box.

MAC

Enter the MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal

character pairs. Static MAC addresses do not age out.

VID

Enter the VLAN group identification number.

Port

Select a port where the MAC address entered in the previous field will be

automatically forwarded.

OK

Click OK to save the new rule to the switch. It then displays in the summary table at

the bottom of the screen.

Close

Click Close to close the screen.

11.11 Filtering

This chapter discusses MAC address port filtering.

11.11.1 Introduction to Filtering

Filtering means sifting traffic going through the switch based on the source and/or destination
MAC addresses and VLAN group (ID).

11.11.2 Configuring Filtering

1 In the Device Panel list, select a device and then right-click.

2 Click Configuration, Switch Configuration and then the Filtering tab to display the

following screen.

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