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 The filter page allows setting a processing filter for live traffic. The traffic may be filtered before it is processed.
-Filters can be applied for
+Filters can be applied for:
-* IP addresses (with possible subnet mask)
+* IP addresses (with possible subnet mask).
-* pairs of IP addresses (with possible subnet mask)
+* pairs of IP addresses (with possible subnet mask).
-* MAC addresses
+* MAC addresses.
-* VLAN tags (or none for no VLAN tag)
+* VLAN tags (or none for no VLAN tag).
-* certain TCP/UDP ports
+* specific TCP/UDP ports.
-* physical interface IDs (as listed in Interface statistics)
+* physical interface IDs (as listed in Interface statistics).
-They all can be set to either blacklist or whitelist mode.
+They can all be set to either blacklist or whitelist mode.
-Filtering will be evaluated for every packet in the order of the tabs.
+Filtering will be evaluated for every packet in tab order.
 The more restrictive filter will be applied.
-For instance, if no IP address is denied but a certain MAC address is on the blacklist, no traffic for that MAC address is being processed.
+For instance; if no IP address is denied but a specific MAC address is on the blacklist, no traffic for that MAC address will be  processed.
-The processing filter is applied on live traffic only. When replaying a PCAP or using the remote traffic capture feature, the filtering is not used.
+The processing filter is applied on live traffic only. When replaying a pcap or using the remote traffic capture feature, filtering is not used.
 === IP filters ===
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-By clicking on '''Import list''' a dialog will be openend where you can choose to download such a list from a given URL or specify a file from your system. The IPs are added to the already existing ones up to a maximum of 10000 IP addresses.
+By clicking on '''Import list''' a dialogue box will be opened where you can choose to download such a list from a given URL or specify a file from your system. The IP addresses are added to the existing ones up to a maximum of 10000 addresses.
 The '''Export list''' button allows for exporting the IP filter list in the same format as the import.
-The '''Delete all''' button allows for deleting all IPs from the filter list.
+The '''Delete all''' button allows for deleting all IP addresses from the filter list.