User's Manual

Prestige 100L IDSL Router
6-6 Filters
6.2.1 Filter Rules Summary Menu
This screen shows the summary of the existing rules in the filter set. The following tables contain a brief
description of the abbreviations used in the previous menus.
Table 6-1 Abbreviations Used in the Filter Rules Summary Menu
ABBREVIATIONS DESCRIPTION DISPLAY
# Refers to the filter rule number (1 to 6).
A Shows whether the rule is active or
not.
[Y] means the filter rule is active.
[N] means the filter rule is inactive.
Type Refers to the type of filter rule.
This shows GEN for generic, IP for
TCP/IP
[GEN] for Generic
[IP] for TCP/IP
Filter Rules The filter rule parameters are
displayed here (see the following).
M
Refers to More.
[Y] means an action cannot yet be
taken as there are more rules to
check, which are concatenated with
the present rule to form a rule chain.
When the rule chain is complete an
action can be taken.
[N] means you can now specify an
action to be taken i.e., forward the
packet, drop the packet or check the
next rule. For the latter, the next rule is
independent of the rule just checked.
If More is Yes, then Action Matched
and Action Not Matched is N/A.
[Y] means there are more rules to check.
[N] means there are no more rules to
check.
m
Refers to Action Matched.
[F] means to forward the packet
immediately and skip checking the
remaining rules.
[F] means to forward the packet.
[D] means to drop the packet.
[N] means check the next rule.
n
Refers to Action Not Matched.
[F] means to forward the packet
immediately and skip checking the
remaining rules.
[F] means to forward the packet.
[D] means to drop the packet.
[N] means check the next rule.