ZyXEL Communications Prestige 660H Series - Manual (Page 33)

Prestige 660H and Prestige HW Series Compact Guide
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Table 6 Firewall: Default Policy
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Packet
Direction This is the direction of travel of packets.
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.