16-42 User's Reference Guide
Since the Source IP Network Address in the Netopia R6000 Series is 01100000, and the source IP address
after the logical AND is 01100000, this rule does match and this packet will not be forwarded.
Example 5
Filter Rule:
Incoming packet has the source address of 200.1.1.96.
IP Address
200.1.1.96
AND
255.255.255.255
Since the Source IP Network Address in the Netopia R6000 Series is 01100000, and the source IP address
after the logical AND is 01100000, this rule does match and this packet will not be forwarded. This rule masks
off a single IP address.
200.1.1.96
255.255.255.255
Forward = No
Binary Representation
01100000
11111111
01100000
(Source IP Network Address)
(Source IP Mask)
(What happens on match)
(Source address in incoming IP packet)
(Perform the logical AND)
(Logical AND result)