Action

This field defines the action to be taken on a packet if it matches the rule. A packet may be dropped, passed unchanged, or redirected to a different IP address. For redirection, the IP address that the packet is to be redirected to must be specified in the following field. The redirect feature is only available for packets that support TCP, UDP, or ICMP echo requests. The device will modify the destination MAC and IP address fields before forwarding the packet, and will put an entry in the Connection Table to allow back translation of possible answers.