Managing a Firewall Profile

A firewall profile defines the level of protection. It allows to choose the attributes before applying a policy.
To create a firewall profile, perform the following steps:
  1. In the main menu, navigate to Security > Access Control > Firewall Profile.
    The Summary tab displays the firewall profiles in chart and graph format. You can filter the profiles based on duration and zone.
  2. Select Profiles tab and click Create.
    This displays the Create Firewall Profile page.

    Creating Firewall Policy

    Firewall Profile Page

    Firewall Profile Page

  3. In the Name field, enter a name for this profile.
  4. In the Description field, enter a short description for this profile.
  5. In the Rate Limiting field, select the Uplink and Downlink options to specify and apply rate limit values for the device policy to control the data rate.
    Note: 11ax series AP models support rate limiting up to 500 Mbps. Non-11ax AP models support RL up to 200 Mbps.
  6. Configure the following policies:
    1. Select the L3 Access Control Policy from the drop-down list or click to create a new policy. Refer to Create an L3 Access Control Policy for more information.
    2. Select the L2 Access Control Policy from the drop-down list or click to create a new policy. Refer to Creating an L2 Access Control Service for more information.
    3. Select the Application Policy from the drop-down list or click to create a new policy. Refer to Creating an Application Control Policy for more information.
    4. Select the URL Filtering Profile from the drop-down list or click to create a new profile. Refer to Enabling URL Filtering on the WLAN for more information.
    5. Select the Device Policy from the drop-down list or click to create a new policy. Refer to Creating a Device Policy for more information.
  7. Click OK.
    Note: You can also edit, clone and delete a firewall profile by selecting the options Configure, Clone and Delete respectively, from the Firewall Profiles page.
    Note: At system level, user can create a maximum of 64 firewall profiles.
Parent topic: Firewall Profile