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Enabling Source MAC Filtering, Available MAC Addresses to be Blocked, Security, Source MAC Filter

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FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 Reference Manual Enabling Source MAC Filtering Source MAC Filter allows you to filter out traffic coming from certain known machines or devices. • By default, the source MAC address filter is disabled. All the traffic received from PCs with any MAC address is allowed by default. • When enabled, traffic will be dropped coming from any computers or devices whose MAC addresses are listed in Available MAC Addresses to be Blocked table. Figure 4-16 Note: For additional ways of restricting outbound traffic, see "LAN WAN Outbound Services Rules" on page 4-8. To enable MAC filtering and add MAC addresses to be blocked: 1. Select Security from the main menu and Source MAC Filter from the sub-menu. The Source MAC Filter screen will display. 2. Check the Yes radio box in the MAC Filtering Enable section. 3. Build your list of Source MAC Addresses to be block by entering the first MAC address in the MAC Address field in the form xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where x is a numeric (0 to 9) or an alphabet between and a and f (inclusive), for example: 00:e0:4c:69:0a: Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, March 2009 4-23

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FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 Reference Manual
Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
4-23
v1.0, March 2009
Enabling Source MAC Filtering
Source MAC Filter allows you to filter out traffic coming from certain known machines or
devices.
By default, the source MAC address filter is disabled. All the traffic received from PCs with
any MAC address is allowed by default.
When enabled, traffic will be dropped coming from any computers or devices whose MAC
addresses are listed in
Available MAC Addresses to be Blocked
table.
To enable MAC filtering and add MAC addresses to be blocked:
1.
Select
Security
from the main menu and
Source MAC Filter
from the sub-menu. The
Source
MAC Filter
screen will display.
2.
Check the Yes radio box in the
MAC Filtering Enable
section.
3.
Build your list of Source MAC Addresses to be block by entering the first MAC address in the
MAC Address
field in the form xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where x is a numeric (0 to 9) or an
alphabet between and a and f (inclusive), for example: 00:e0:4c:69:0a:
Figure 4-16
Note:
For additional ways of restricting outbound traffic, see
“LAN WAN Outbound
Services Rules” on page 4-8
.