ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 2602HW - Manual (Page 36)

Prestige 2602HW Series Quick Start Guide
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Table 6 Firewall: Default Policy
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Packet
Direction This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/Router, LAN to
WAN, WAN to WAN/Route and 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.
6.8 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules
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.