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RX3141 User’s Manual

Chapter 9. Configuring Firewall/NAT Settings

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9.4 Configuring Inbound ACL Rules

By creating ACL rules in Inbound ACL configuration page as shown in Figure 9.2, you can control (allow or
deny) incoming access to computers on your LAN.

Options in this configuration page allow you to:

f Add a rule, and set parameters for it
f Modify an existing rule
f Delete

an

existing rule

f View configured inbound ACL rules

Figure 9.2. Inbound ACL Configuration Page

9.4.1

Add Inbound ACL Rules

To add an inbound ACL rule, follow the instructions below:

1. Open the Inbound ACL Rule configuration page, as shown in Figure 9.2, by double clicking the

Router Setup

Î Inbound ACL menu.

2. Select

Add New” from the “ID” drop-down list.

3. Set desired action (Allow or Deny) from the “Action” drop-down list.

4. Make changes to any or all of the following fields: source/destination IP, source/destination port,

protocol, ICMP message type and log. Please see Table 9.3 for explanation of these fields.

5. Assign a priority for this rule by selecting a number from the “Move to” drop-down list. Note that

the number indicates the priority of the rule with 1 being the highest. Higher priority rules will be
examined prior to the lower priority rules by the firewall.

6. Click on the

button to create the new ACL rule. The new ACL rule will then be

displayed in the inbound access control list table at the bottom half of the Inbound ACL
Configuration page.