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DI-1162 Remote Access Router
Configuration and Management 69
The parameters of a filter are described below:
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Name – this is a 12 character (maximum), alphanumeric, user-
defined name, used to identify the filter.
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Direction – this defines the direction of the frame relative to the
Interface parameter below.
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State – this is used to choose the routing decision applied to the
frame. The three decisions are described:
1. forward – this allows the routing of the frame, if it has met the
criteria of the corresponding filter.
2. drop – this drops (doesn’t allow routing for) a specific frame
that has met the criteria of the corresponding filter.
3. disable – this does not apply the protocol independent filter.
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Interface – this applies the filter to a specific interface, either
LAN or one of the three WANs.
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Offset – this defines the reference byte for the Length parameter
(described below). The Offset is the number of bytes (octets) from
the beginning of the first byte of the frame header, immediately