1. Click on the home page.
2. Click the Rule configuration link in the Rate Shaping and Filtering section.
3. Enter the name for the rule in the New Rule Name edit box.
Only alphanumeric characters (no spaces) are allowed.
4. Select filter from the Type menu.
5. Click .
The new rule name displays as a link in the Existing rules section.
6. Click the software filtering rule name link.
This takes you to the Rule configuration page.
7. (Optional) Enter the source IP address and mask length in the Src/Mask field.
8. (Optional) Enter the source port IP address and mask length in the SPort/Mask field.
9. (Optional) Enter the destination IP address and mask length in the Dest/MaskLen field.
10. (Optional) Enter the destination port IP address and mask length in the DPort/Mask field.
11. (Optional) Enter the protocol type, TCP or UDP, ICMP, or a numeric IP proctocol value in the IPproto field.
12. (Optional) Select any of the available interfaces from the Interface menu.
13. (Optional) If you do not want to apply this rule to inbound traffic, select the no radio button in the Inbound field.
If you select yes for the Inbound field, the Outbound field should be set to no.
14. (Optional) If you do not want to apply this rule to outbound traffic, select the no radio button in the Outbound field.
If you select yes for the Outbound field, the Inbound field should be set to no.
15. (Optional) Select deny or drop from the Filtering menu.
16. Click .
17. Click .
If you want to make the changes permanent, click at the bottom of the
configuration page.