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Prestige 662HW Series Compact Guide 
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Table 6 Firewall: Default Policy 
LABEL 
DESCRIPTION 
Packet 
Direction 
This is the direction of travel of packets (LAN to LAN/RouterLAN to 
WAN
WAN to WAN/Route and WAN to LAN). 
Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets to 
which they apply. For example, LAN to LAN/Router means packets 
traveling from a computer/subnet on the LAN to either another 
computer/subnet on the LAN interface of the Prestige or the Prestige 
itself.  
Default 
Action 
Use the radio buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or 
Forward (allow the passage of) packets that are traveling in the selected 
direction. 
Log 
Select the check box to create a log (when the above action is taken) for 
packets that are traveling in the selected direction and do not match any 
of the rules below. 
Back Click 
Back to return to the previous screen.  
Apply Click 
Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige. 
Cancel Click 
Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. 
 
6.8 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules 
The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied 
in turn. 
Click on Firewall, then Rule Summary to bring up the following screen. This screen is 
a summary of the existing rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.