Order Of Precedence For Rules - NETGEAR DG834N Reference Manual

DG834N RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Reference Manual
– Single address. Enter the required address in the Start field.
• Log. You can select whether the traffic will be logged. The choices are:
– Never. No log entries will be made for this service.
– Always. Any traffic for this service type will be logged.
– Match. Traffic of this type that matches the settings and action will be logged.
– Not match. Traffic of this type that does not match the settings and action will be logged.

Order of Precedence for Rules

As you define new rules, they are added to the tables in the Firewall Rules screen, as shown in the
following figure:
Figure 3-8
For any traffic attempting to pass through the firewall, the packet information is subjected to the
rules in the order shown in the Rules table, beginning at the top and proceeding to the default rules
at the bottom. In some cases, the order of precedence of two or more rules might be important in
determining the disposition of a packet. The Move button allows you to relocate a defined rule to a
new position in the table.
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