Chapter 29 Firewall Setup; Using Zyxel Device Smt Menus; Activating The Firewall; Figure 179 Menu 21: Filter And Firewall Setup - ZyXEL Communications P-793H User Manual

Use this menu to activate or deactivate the firewall.

29.1 Using ZyXEL Device SMT Menus

From the main menu enter 21 to go to Menu 21 - Filter and Firewall Setup to display the
screen shown next.

Figure 179 Menu 21: Filter and Firewall Setup

29.1.1 Activating the Firewall

Enter option 2 in this menu to bring up the following screen. Press [SPACE BAR] and then
[ENTER] to select Yes in the Active field to activate the firewall. The firewall must be active
to protect against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Use the web configurator to configure
firewall rules. Use the web configurator or SMT menu 15 to configure the LAN-to-WAN Set
Name and WAN-to-LAN Set Name.

Figure 180 Menu 21.2: Firewall Setup

The firewall protects against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when
it is active. The default Policy sets
You may define additional Policy rules or modify existing ones but
please exercise extreme caution in doing so
Please configure the Firewall function through Web Configurator

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Menu 21 - Filter and Firewall Setup
1. Filter Setup
2. Firewall Setup
Menu 21.2 - Firewall Setup
1. allow all sessions originating from the LAN to the WAN and
2. deny all sessions originating from the WAN to the LAN
Active: Yes
LAN-to-WAN Set Name: ACL Default Set
WAN-to-LAN Set Name: ACL Default Set
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