4.4
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Thesystemprovidesanadditionalsecurityfeature,Laye r2Firewall,inadditiontothestandardwirelesssecurity.
Layer2FirewalloffersafirewallfunctionthatistailoredspecificallyforLayer2traffic,providinganotherchoiceofshieldagainst
possiblesecuritythreatscomingfrom/goingtoWLAN(APinterfaces);hence,besidesfirewall policiesconfiguredinPolicies,thi
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extrasecurityfeatur ewillassisttomitigatepossiblesecuritybreach.
This sectionprovidesinformationinthefollowingfunctions:GenericFirewallRules,PredefinedandCustom ServiceProtocols
andAdvanced.
4.4.1
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Yo u can choose to enable or disable the wireless Generic Firewall. This section provides an overview of firewall rules for the
system’swirelessinterface;6defaultrule swithuptoatotal20firewallrulesareavailableforconfiguration.