Outbound Rules (Service Blocking) - NETGEAR ProSafe FVS318N Reference Manual

ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
A firewall has two default rules, one for inbound traffic and one for outbound. The default
rules of the wireless VPN firewall are:
• Inbound. Block all access from outside except responses to requests from the LAN side.
• Outbound. Allow all access from the LAN side to the outside.
The firewall rules for blocking and allowing traffic on the wireless VPN firewall can be applied
to LAN WAN traffic, DMZ WAN traffic, and LAN DMZ traffic.
Table 32. Number of supported firewall rule configurations
Traffic Rule Maximum Number of
Outbound Rules
LAN WAN 300
DMZ WAN 50
LAN DMZ 50
Total Rules 400
The rules to block or allow traffic are based on the traffic's category of service:
• Outbound rules (service blocking). Outbound traffic is allowed unless you configure
the firewall to block specific or all outbound traffic.
• Inbound rules (port forwarding). Inbound traffic is blocked unless the traffic is in
response to a request from the LAN side. You can configure the firewall to allow specific
or all inbound traffic.
• Customized services. You can add additional services to the list of services in the
factory defaults list. You can then define rules for these added services to either allow or
block that traffic (see
• Quality of Service (QoS) priorities. Each service has its own native priority that impacts
its quality of performance and tolerance for jitter or delays. You can change the QoS
priority, which changes the traffic mix through the system (see
Service Profiles on page 177).
• Bandwidth profiles. After you have a configured a bandwidth profile (see
Bandwidth Profiles

Outbound Rules (Service Blocking)

The wireless VPN firewall allows you to block the use of certain Internet services by
computers on your network. This is called service blocking or port filtering.
Note: See Enable Source MAC Filtering
to block outbound traffic from selected computers that would
otherwise be allowed by the firewall.
Maximum Number of
Inbound Rules
300
50
50
400
Add Customized Services
on page 175), you can assign it to a rule.
Firewall Protection
130
Maximum Number of
Supported Rules
600
100
100
800
on page 172).
Preconfigured Quality of
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