Acl Tab - Mac Based Acl - Linksys MGBLH1 - Gigabit LH Mini-GBIC SFP Transceiver User Manual

ACL Tab - MAC Based ACL

The MAC Based ACL screen allows a MAC based ACL to be defined. ACEs can be added only if the
ACL is not bound to an interface.
Target—Select the New ACL Name radio button and enter an ACL name in the text field
provided (with up to 16 characters). Or to add rules to an existing ACL select the ACL Name
radio button and select an ACL from the drop-down list.
ACL Name—Displays the user-defined MAC based ACLs.
New ACL Name—Specifies a new user-defined MAC based ACL name, the name cannot
include spaces.
Action—Indicates the ACL forwarding action. Possible field values are:
• Permit—Forwards packets that meet the ACL criteria.
• Deny—Drops packets that meet the ACL criteria.
• Shutdown—Drops packet that meet the ACL criteria, and disables the port to which the
packet was addressed.
Source MAC Address—Matches the source MAC address to which packets are addressed to
the ACE.
Wildcard Mask—Defines the source IP address wildcard mask. Wildcard masks specify which
bits are used and which bits are ignored. A wild card mask of 255.255.255.255 indicates that no
bit is important. A wildcard of 0.0.0.0 indicates that all the bits are important. For example, if the
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