User Guide

42 Filter Configuration
Filter Configuration
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 Source IPX Address —Enter the address if you selected Network or
Node.
 Destination Address —Press Enter and select Any Address ,
Network , or Node as the destination address.
 Destination IPX Address —Enter the address if you selected
Network or Node .
A network numbers/mask pair of 0/0 matches all IPX networks. A 1
bit in the network mask means that bit must be matched. For
example, C9000000/FFFFFF00 matches C90000XX network
numbers.
 Comment —Enter an optional short description.
 Logging —Optionally select Enabled to log packets that match the
Filters or Exceptions definitions.
The header of packets that match the Filters or Exceptions
definitions are logged as long as the global logging status and this
logging status are both enabled. The logs are viewed using the
NetWare Administrator utility.
9 Press Esc and save the filter information.
10 Select Exceptions.
This lists the exceptions to the IPX forwarding filters. According to the
Action parameter specified, the packets that match a filter on this list are
always or are never forwarded by the router, even if another filter is
configured to do the opposite.
11 Modify the exceptions list.
Press Ins to add a new filter, or select a filter from the list and press Enter
to modify the filter or Del to remove it. Refer to Step 8 on page 40 and
Step 9 on page 42 to modify or add a filter.
12 Press Esc to save the information and exit to the Configure IPX Filters
menu.