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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.
(a) 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.
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