With the value of Allow for the Action setting, the matching traffic passes through
the router (to be routed to the destination). If the value of the Action
to Deny, the matching traffic does not pass through the router (and is discarded).
Event Logging
This setting specifies w
hether or not to log matched firewall events. The logged
messages are shown on the page Status>Event Log
follows:
Aug 13 23:47:44 Denied CONN=Ethernet WAN SRC=20.3.2.1
DST=192.168.1.20 LEN=48 PROTO=TCP SPT=2260 DPT=80
● CONN: The connection where the log entry refers to
● SRC: Source IP address
● DST: Destination IP address
● LEN: Packet length
● PROTO: Protocol
● SPT: Source port
● DPT: Destination port
Click Save to store your changes. To create an additional firewall rule, click Add Rule and
repeat the above steps.
To change a rule’s priority, simply drag and drop the rule:
● Hold the left mouse button on the rule.
● Move it to the desired position.
● Drop it by releasing the mouse button.
Rul
es are matched from top to bottom. If a connection matches any one of the upper rules, the
matching process will stop. If none of the rules match, the Default rule will be applied. By
default, the Default rule is set as Allow for Outbound, Inbound and Internal Network access.
Tip
If the default inbound rule is set to
for NAT-enabled WANs, no inbound Allow firewall rules will
be required for inbound port forwarding and inbound NAT mapping rules. However, if the default