Steel Belted Radius Carrier 7.0 Administration and Configuration Guide > Setting up Filters > Adding a Filter

Adding a Filter

To add a filter:

1. Click Filters in the SBR Administrator sidebar to display the Filter panel.
2. Click Add in the toolbar to display the Add Filter dialog (Figure 68).

Figure 68: Add Filter Dialog

3. Enter the name of the filter in the Name field.
4. Optionally, enter a description of the filter in the Description field.
5. Use the Default Rule radio buttons to specify whether attributes should be allowed or excluded if no other rule applies to a RADIUS packet.
6. Click the Add button to display the Add Rule dialog.

Figure 69: Add Rule Dialog

7. Select the type of rule you want to add to the filter.

Options are Add, Allow, Exclude, Replace, and Script. The fields in the Add Rule dialog may change depending on the option you select.

8. Specify the attribute name and value settings you want to use for the rule.

NOTE: If you edit the filters for a Steel-Belted Radius Carrier server, you can apply your configuration changes without stopping the server by issuing the HUP signal to the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier process: kill -HUP ProcessID

Searching the Filter List

You can search your list of filters to identify those of a specific type or that use a specific rule. To search your filter list:

1. Open the Filters panel.
2. Click the Search toolbar button.
3. When the Search Filters dialog (Figure 70) appears, enter one or more search criteria in the fields provided.

You can use the question mark (?) wildcard to represent one character in a string. You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard to represent any number of characters. For example, entering the search string MS-MPPE-* identifies any filter that looks for the MS-MPPE-Recv-Key or MS-MPPE-Send-Key attribute.

Figure 70: Search Filters Dialog

4. Click OK.

The Search Results dialog (Figure 71) displays the list of filters that satisfy your search criteria.

Figure 71: Search Results Dialog