ZyXEL Communications Prestige 643 - Manual (Page 107)

Prestige 643 ADSL Router
Filter Configuration 8-7
Table 8-1 Abbreviations Used in the Filter Rules Summary Menu
ABBREVIATIONS DESCRIPTION DISPLAY
# Refers to the filter rule number (1-6).
A Shows whether the rule is active or
not. [Y] means the filter rule is active.
[N] means the filter rule is inactive.
Type Refers to the type of filter rule. [GEN] = Generic.
[IP] = TCP/IP.
Filter Rules The filter rule parameters will be
displayed here (see below).
M Refers to More. More in a set
behaves like a logical AND i.e., the
set is only matched if ALL rules in it
are matched.
[Y] means an action can not yet be
taken as there are more rules to
check, which are concatenated with
the present rule to form a rule chain.
When the rule chain is complete an
action can be taken.
[N] means you can now specify an
action to be taken i.e., forward the
packet, drop the packet or check the
next rule. For the latter, the next rule
is independent of the rule just
checked.
If More is Yes, then Action Matched
and Action Not Matched will be N/A.
[Y] means there are more rules to check.
[N] means there are no more rules to check.
M Refers to Action Matched.
[F] means to forward the packet
immediately and skip checking the
remaining rules.
[F] means to forward the packet.
[D] means to drop the packet.
[N] means check the next rule.
N Refers to Action Not Matched.
[F] means to forward the packet
immediately and skip checking the
remaining rules.
[F] means to forward the packet.
[D] means to drop the packet.
[N] means check the next rule.
The protocol dependent filter rules abbreviation are listed as follows: