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Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management
Each range within the set acts as a filter in a pipeline. A packet has
to get past all three filters to completely traverse the pipeline and
be forwarded (or discarded, according to how the filter mode is
set).
Figure 3-20 Bridge Filtering Table
As many as ten range entries can be stored in the table.
Incoming packets are checked against this table
after they are
checked against the forwarding table.
❏ Exit returns you to the Bridge Parameters Menu.
❏ Next/Prev Page moves you one page forward or back-
ward in the table.
❏ Filtering Mode sets up how the entire table filters: If set
to
FORWARD only packets defined by the type field
with Ethernet addresses falling within ranges defined in
the table are forwarded
if the Status for the range is
turned ON
. All other packets are discarded.
❏ If Filtering Mode is set to DISCARD the reverse is true:
Packets defined by Type and address within this entry
will be discarded
if the Status for the range is turned
ON
.
❏ DST Address defines a range of addresses for the
devices allowed to have this packet forwarded to the
specified devices.
❏ SRC Address defines a ranges of addresses for the send-
ing devices allowed to forward packets to the devices
defined in the
DST Address field.
❏ Type defines the packet or protocol type to be for-
warded or discarded.