Configure Web Filter RulesNEW!

You must be in the process of configuring a new URL Filter policy or modifying an existing policy to use this procedure.

Use this procedure to configure, modify, or delete Web Filter Rules for a URL Filter policy.

Choose from the following actions:
- If you are in the process of configuring a new URL Filter policy, proceed to the next step.
- If you want to modify or delete Web Filter rules, go to Policies > URL Filtering. Select associated with the target URL Filter policy.
  
  Choose from the following actions:
  - To edit a Web Filter Rule, select associated with the rule you want to modify. Modify the rule in accordance with the steps in this procedure.
  - To delete a Web Filter Rule, select associated with the target rule.

Configure the Web Filter Rule parameters as described in Web Filter Rule Parameters.

Table 1. Web Filter Rule Parameters
Parameter	Description
Precedence	Set a precedence (priority) for the filter rule‘s in the context of other Web filter rules. Set a value in the range 1 – 500, where 1 is the highest priority and 500 is the lowest priority.
Method	Select either Whitelist or Blacklist to specify whether the rule is for inclusion or exclusion. A whitelist bans all sites except the categories and URL lists defined in the whitelist. The blacklist allows all sites except the categories and URL lists defined in the blacklist.
Filter Type	Use the drop down menu to select from a list of predefined filters to align with the whitelist or blacklist Method designation and the precedence assigned. When you select a given filter type, the drop-down menu associated with that filter type becomes active, and drop-down menus for the other types remain or become inactive. Possible filter types include: category: A category is a predefined URL list included in the ExtremeWireless WiNG software. category_type: A category type is a set of logically-grouped, predefined categories. level: A level is a set of logically-grouped, predefined category types. url_list: A URL List is a policy you can configure to customize URL filtering. You can neither change the categories in the category types used for these pre-configured filter levels nor add, modify, or remove the category types mapped to the filter types.
Category	If the Filter Type is category, use the Category drop-down menu to select a predefined URL category. There are 62 categories available.
Category Type	If the Filter Type is category_type, use the Category Type drop-down menu to select a predefined category type (adult-content, security-risk, etc.) and either blacklist or whitelist the URLs in that category type. There are 14 category types available.
Level	If the Filter Type is level, use the Level drop-down menu to select a predefined level. Options are: basic custom high low medium medium-high Each level is pre-configured to use a set of category types. However, you can create a custom filter level by configuring a URL List policy. When you select custom, filtering is based on all the configured URL List policies.
URL List	URL lists are customized categories included in the custom filter-level setting. URL lists enable an administrator to blacklist or whitelist URLs in addition to the built-in categories.
Description	Enter a 80 character maximum description for this Web filter rule to help differentiate it from others with similar category include or exclude rule configurations.

After you have completed configuring the settings, choose from the following actions:
1. Select Revert to restore default settings.
  
  Note
  You cannot restore default settings after applying or saving changes.
2. Select Apply to commit the configured settings.
  
  Note
  This does not permanently save the settings you configured. If you perform a Reload (warm reboot), applied settings will be lost.
3. Select Save to commit and save the configured settings.
  
  Note
  
  If you do not select Apply or Save, the settings that you configured are not saved when you move away from the configuration window.