ZyXEL Communications LTE6100 User Manual
LTE6100 User’s Guide
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Firewall
10.1 Overview
Use the LTE Device firewall screens to enable and configure the firewall that protects your LTE
Device and network from attacks by hackers on the Internet and control access to it. By default the
firewall:
Device and network from attacks by hackers on the Internet and control access to it. By default the
firewall:
• Allows traffic that originates from your LAN computers to go to all other networks.
• Blocks traffic that originates on other networks from going to the LAN.
• Blocks traffic that originates on other networks from going to the LAN.
The following figure illustrates the default firewall action. User A can initiate an IM (Instant
Messaging) session from the LAN to the WAN (1). Return traffic for this session is also allowed (2).
However other traffic initiated from the WAN is blocked (3 and 4).
Messaging) session from the LAN to the WAN (1). Return traffic for this session is also allowed (2).
However other traffic initiated from the WAN is blocked (3 and 4).
Figure 37
Default Firewall Action
10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• Use the General screen to enable or disable the LTE Device’s firewall (
).
• Use the Services screen to view the configured firewall rules and add, edit or remove a firewall
rule (
).
• Use the Access Control screen to view and configure incoming/outgoing filtering rules (
).
• Use the DoS screen to enable or disable Denial of Service (DoS) protection (
).
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