6218-A1 Wireless Router User's Guide - Zhone Technologies

3. Using the Web InterfaceThe Apply button will temporarily save these settings. To make the changepermanent, click on Tools and select System Commands. On the SystemCommands page, click on Save All.Figure 3-18.VLANBridge FiltersThe bridge filtering mechanism provides a way for the users to define rules toallow or deny frames through the bridge based on source MAC address,destination MAC address and/or frame type. When bridge filtering is enabled,each frame is examined against the defined filter rules sequentially, and when amatched is determined, the appropriate filtering action (allow or deny) isperformed. The bridge filter will only examine frames from interfaces which arepart of the bridge itself. Twenty filter rules are supported with bridge filtering.To enable Bridge Filters:Procedure1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced.2. Under Advanced, select Bridge Filters. The Bridge Filters screen appears, asshown in Figure 3-19, Bridge Filters.The User Interface for Bridge Filter allows the user to add, edit, and delete, as wellas enable the filter rules. To add rules, define the source MAC address, destinationMAC address, and frame type with the desired filtering action (allow or deny), andclick on the Add button. The MAC address must be in a xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx format,with 00-00-00-00-00-00 or blanks meaning any address.To edit or modify an existing filter rule, select the desired rule created previously inthe Edit select box. The selected filter rule appears in the top section, as with theAdd procedure. Make the desired change to the MAC address, frame type andaccess type, and click on Apply.To delete a filter rules, select the filter rule entry to delete in the Delete selectionbox. Note that multiple deletions are possible. Once all the desired filter rules areselected for deletion, click on the Apply button. The Select All select box can also3-24 July 2005 6218-A2-GB20-10