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SONICWALL SONICOS 2.5 ENHANCED ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE
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Access Rule Configuration Examples
Enabling and Disabling an Access Rule
To enable or disable an access rule, click the Enable checkbox.
Restoring Access Rules to Default Zone Settings
To remove all end-user configured access rules for a zone, click the Default button. This will restore
the access rules for the selected zone to the default access rules initially setup on the SonicWALL
security appliance.
Displaying Access Rule Traffic Statistics
Move your mouse pointer over the Graph icon to display the following access rule receive (Rx) and
transmit (Tx) traffic statistics:
• Rx Bytes
• Rx Packets
• Tx Bytes
• Tx Packets
Access Rule Configuration Examples
This section provides configuration examples on adding network access rules:
• Enabling Ping
• Blocking LAN Access for Specific Services
• Enabling Bandwidth Management on an Access Rule
Enabling Ping
This sections provides a configuration example for an access rule to allow devices on the DMZ to
send ping requests and receive ping responses from devices on the LAN. By default your SonicWALL
security appliance does not allow traffic initiated from the DMZ to reach the LAN. Once you have
placed one of your interfaces into the DMZ zone, then from the Firewall > Access Rules window,
perform the following steps to configure an access rule that allow devices in the DMZ to send ping
requests and receive ping esponses from devices in the LAN.
1.
From the DMZ > LAN page, click the Edit icon.
2. Click Add to launch the Add Rule window.
3. Select the Allow radio button.
4. From the Service menu, select Ping.
5. From the Source menu, select DMZ Subnets.
6. From the Destination menu, select LAN Subnets.
7. Click OK.