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A) 7.3.1 firewall list – LevelOne EAP-200 User Manual

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Section 7.03

7.3 Firewall

The system provides an added security feature, Layer2 Firewall, in addition to typical AP security. Layer2

Firewall offers a firewall function that is tailored specifically for Layer2 traffics, providing another choice of

shield against possible security threats coming from/going to WLAN (AP interfaces); hence, besides

firewall policies configured on gateways, this extra security feature will assist to mitigate possible security

breach. This section provides information in the following functions: Firewall Settings, Service and

Advanced Firewall Settings.

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7.3.1 Firewall List

It provides an overview of firewall rules in the system; 6 default rules with up to total 20 firewall rules are

available for configuration.

Firewall List Page

From the overview table, each rule is designated with the following field;

No.: The numbering will decide the priority to let system carry out the available firewall rules in the

tables.

State: The check marks will enable the respective rules.

Action: DROP denotes a block rule; ACCEPT denotes a pass rule.

Name: It shows the name of rule.

EtherType: It denotes the type of traffics subject to this rule.

Remark: It shows the note of this rule.

Setting: 4 actions are available; Del denotes to delete the rule, Ed denotes to edit the rule, In

denotes to insert a rule, and Mv denotes to move the rule.