Step By Step Guide To Creating Filter Files Using Cli - 3Com OfficeConnect 3CP4144 Cli User's Manual

Step by Step Guide to
Creating Filter Files
Using CLI
10 Configure a PC as a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client of the router by
1 ACCEPT generic=>origin=FRAME/offset=12/length=2/mask=0xFFFF/value=0x0800;
# Allow ARP traffic
2 ACCEPT generic=>origin=FRAME/offset=12/length=2/mask=0xFFFF/value=0x0806;
# Allow IPX traffic
3 ACCEPT generic=>origin=FRAME/offset=12/length=2/mask=0xFFFF/value=0x8136;
4 ACCEPT generic=>origin=FRAME/offset=12/length=2/mask=0xFFFF/value=0x8137;
999 DENY;
You can create filter files using any text editor. Once the file is created, use the
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to place the filter file in the router FLASH
memory.
To create a filter file using CLI:
1 Open a new text file. Enter the file descriptor on the first line: #filter
2 Enter a file section header followed by a colon for the protocol rules you want to
define. For example, if you want to define IP filtering rules, enter the following
section header: IP:
3 You can comment a section header out by placing a # sign before the section
header. This is useful if you want to insert a placeholder for a protocol section you
will define in the future.
4 Enter the protocol rules for the protocol section you are defining. Observe the
following guidelines.
Begin each rule with a unique line number ranging from 1 - 10.
Arrange rules in increasing line number order within each protocol section.
Arrange rules so that the rules you expect to be matched most frequently are
toward the top of the list
Delimit each rule with a semi-colon. Example:
IP 1 ACCEPT src-addr = 128.100.33.1;
2 ACCEPT dst-addr = 200.135.38.9;
999 DENY;
5 Continue to define protocol rules for each protocol section you want to filter.
6 Inspect the file to ensure that it meets all filtering rules.
7 This step is important since you cannot edit the filter file from within the CLI. To
edit the file, you must modify the it using a text editor, TFTP the modified file into
the FLASH (replacing the original file) and verify the filter using the verify filter
command.
8 Save the filter file using a 12.3 FLT extension. The filter file extension will allow you
to differentiate the filter file from other files stored in the router FLASH memory.
9 You can use the list files command to ensure the filter file was successfully stored
in the router FLASH memory.
entering add TFTP client <hostname or IP address>.
To use CLI, see the CLI User's Guide for instructions for connecting the console
cable and communicating with the OfficeConnect Remote 812 using a terminal
emulator like Microsoft's HyperTerminal.
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