USER MANUAL 
Peplink Balance Series 
 
19  Firewall 
A firewall is a mechanism that selectively filters data traffic between the WAN side (the Internet) and the 
LAN side of the network.It can protect the local network from potential hacker attacks, offensive Web sites, 
and/or other inappropriate uses. 
The firewall functionality of Peplink Balance supports the selective filtering of data traffic in both directions: 
  Outbound (LAN to WAN) 
  Inbound (WAN to LAN) 
  Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention 
  Web Blocking 
With SpeedFusion
TM
 enabled (see Section 0), the firewall rules also apply to VPN tunneled traffic. 
 
 
 
19.1  Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules 
19.1.1 Access Rules 
The outbound firewall settings are located at:Network > Firewall>Outbound Firewall Rule. 
 
 
Upon clickingAdd Rule , the following screen appears: 
 
 
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