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Select Status and toggle the choice to read Enabled or Disabled.
Any configured filters immediately become active (enabled) or inactive
(disabled).
NOTE:
It might be easier to configure filters while they are disabled. Otherwise,
you might experience temporary service loss while you are adding and setting up
wildcard filters.
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Select Action and toggle the choice to permit or deny the networks on the
filter list.
This specifies the action taken on an incoming (or outgoing) network
(RIP packet) in the filter list. If you select to permit networks, the RIP
information is received from (or advertised to) local networks. If you
select to deny networks, the RIP information is not received from (or
advertised to) local networks.
NOTE:
Changing a filter to permit the routes on the filter list when the filter list is
empty denies all routes.
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Select Filters .
This lists the incoming (or outgoing) RIP routes that are permitted or
denied, according to the Action parameter setting.
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Modify the network list.
Select a filter from the list and press Enter to modify the filter or Del to
remove it. Press Ins to add a new network filter.
If you are modifying an existing filter or adding a new filter, modify the
following parameters from the Define Filter menu:
NOTE:
Whenever the internal network number of a server is filtered, the SAPs
from the server are also filtered automatically.
Logging —Optionally select Enabled to log packets that match the
Filters or Exceptions definitions.
The header of packets that match the Filters or Exceptions
definitions are logged as long as the global logging status and this
logging status are both enabled. The logs are viewed using the
NetWare Administrator utility.
Network Number —Enter a 4-byte hexadecimal number that
identifies the IPX network.
Network Mask —Enter a 4-byte hexadecimal number that defines
the range of network numbers you want to filter.
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