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MTASR1-100 Owner’s Manual
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IPX Receives per Session = [decimal value]
This control provides the maximum number of IPX receive commands allowed.
Recommended value: 16
5.2.14 Filtering
The RouteFinder has the capability to filter data packets from getting through the link. The administrator can
impose filtering for security, against misuse and restricted usage of the WAN link. The RouteFinder
implements a very flexible method for installing filters.
Note: It should be kept in mind that the RouteFinder will need to do extra processing when filters are installed
(it needs to look into each packet that has to be routed or bridged). Thus installing to many filters may lead to
performance degradation.
IP Filtering
This button is used to select installing filters for the Novell IP protocol (Internet Protocol).
There are two types of IP filtering supported by the RouteFinder. The IP Protocol Port based filtering and the
IP Address based filtering.
IP Protocol Port Based Filtering
In this method, IP packets can be filtered based on their specific purposes (e.g., Telnet packets (TCP based)
or TFTP (UDP based) which can be filtered or forwarded.
Select the tab labelled Port Filtering to perform protocol port based Filtering. This tab lets you setup filtering
of IP packets based on the higher level protocol supported. The controls that appear in this tab are explained
below.
The Default Action pull down menu defines a received IP packet whose IP protocol port is not found in the
filtering database. This packet will either be filtered or forwarded as set in this field. The default setting for
this option is Forward.