Configure Firewall IP address filter settings.
Note: This web page is controlled by the Security Profiles field in the Personal Firewall Basic Configuration page. If a fixed profile (without the word 'Custom' in the name) is selected, this web page is read-only and no configuration change is allowed. The Edit column, "Apply", "Add Rule" and "Purge Table" buttons are removed. If a custom profile is selected, configuration change is allowed on this web page.
| Parameter | Description |
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| Action | This rule is applied when a packet contains an EtherType that does not match any rule in the EtherType rule table. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit | Click the  icon in the row of the rule that you want to edit. This opens the Rule Edit page where you can edit the fields.
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| Rule Order | The rules by default are sorted by the Rule Order column, which is both the order that the rules have been added and the order that they will be applied. Executing the rules in the order of their creation allows you to add overlapping rules that provide one action for a more generic range of IP addresses or domain names, while having a different action for a more specific IP or domain. For example, if you first create an 'IP Address' table rule to allow address 10.1.1.2 and mask 255.255.255.255, and then create a rule to deny address 10.1.1.0 and mask 255.255.255.0, then the 'IP Address' table will allow traffic to 10.1.1.2 but will block other IP address beginning with 10.1.1.x. Traffic to 10.1.1.2 will not be blocked by the second rule of this table because the first rule already matches it. You can similarly set up the 'Domain Name' table to block a generic domain suffix (like example.com) but allow specific domain names (foo.example.com).
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| IP address | IP address of the remote machine or subnet.
Click on Click on To edit this field, click the appropriate |
| IP address mask | IP address mask of the remote machine or subnet.
To edit this field, click the appropriate |
| Action | Specifies the action for network traffic. |
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Apply | Apply or submit changes to the corresponding Default Action section or Table section. |
| Add rule | Add a rule to the table using the Add rule page. |
| Purge Table | Remove all rules from the table. |
to sort in ascending order.
to sort in descending order.