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Add A New Rule
1. Click Add New Rule... to open the Add Rule window.
2. Select Allow or Deny in the Action menu depending upon whether the rule is
intended to permit or block IP traffic.
3. Select the name of the service affected by the Rule from the Service menu. If
the service is not listed, you need to define the service in the Add Service window.
The Default service encompasses all IP services.
4. Select the source of the traffic affected by the rule, either LAN, WAN, DMZ, or *,
from the Source Ethernet menu.
If you want to define the source IP addresses that are affected by the rule, such
as restricting certain users from accessing the Internet, enter the starting IP
addresses of the address range in the Addr Range Begin field and the ending IP
address in the Addr Range End field. To include all IP addresses, enter * in the
Addr Range Begin field.
5. Select the destination of the traffic affected by the rule, either LAN, WAN, DMZ, or
*, from the Destination Ethernet menu.
If you want to define the destination IP addresses that are affected by the rule, for
example, to allow inbound Web access to several Web servers on your LAN, enter
the starting IP addresses of the address range in the Addr Range Begin field and
the ending IP address in the Addr Range End field. To include all IP addresses,
enter * in the Addr Range Begin field.
6. Select Apply this rule "always" if the rule is always in effect.
Select Apply this rule "from" to define the specific time and day of week to
enforce the rule. Enter the time of day (in 24-hour format) to begin and end
enforcement. Then select the day of week to begin and end enforcement.
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