Siemens 6500 Series User Manual

6500 Series Residential Gateway User’s Guide

 

Configuring Advanced Features

 

The “Basic Rule Definition” window is displayed when you select Add New IP Filter Rule from the 
“

” window. Using this option, you can define both inbound and outbound 

rules. Each rule defined is added to the Rule Definition table. 

 

To add a new rule: 

1. 

Type up to a five digit numeric value in Rule No to uniquely identify the rule. 

2. Select 

either 

Permit or Deny from the Access drop-down menu. Select Permit to allow the rule and 

Deny to prohibit the rule. 

3. Select 

either 

Inbound or Outbound from the Direction drop-down menu. Inbound refers to data 

coming into the Gateway, while Outbound refers to data transmitted from the Gateway. 

4. Optionally, 

select 

Disable stateful inspection for packets matching this rule. 

5. Optionally, 

select 

Create a log entry for packets matching this rule. When selected, an entry is 

placed in the log file when packets match this rule. 

6. Click 

Next. This displays the “Source and Destination Definition” window. 

 

 

7. Under 

the 

Source heading, select a network connection from the Network Interface drop-down 

menu.

 

8. 

Select one of the following options:

 

•  Any IP Address  

Select this option if this rule applies to any IP address from the source. 

•  This IP Address  

Select this option if a rule applies to a specific IP address from the source.  

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