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Block traffic by MAC address ?

Mike_Cunningham
In version 7.002 - Is it possible to block traffic from a specific external MAC address, where the individual(s) keep changing their IP ?

Thanks,

Mike


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    _EXTERNAL_ MAC address?

    How are you going to see that?
    The only external MAC present should be your ISP's router and maybe your modem.

    Barry
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    In the packet filter live log, I have multiple entries (different IPs)
    with the same MAC address.

    You're saying that this MAC address is my cable modem ?

    Mike
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    MAC addresses are hop specific when Ethernet packets are forwarded from router to router. All your incoming IP traffic to the WAN interface on your Astaro box will have the sender MAC address of the previous router's interface in the Ethernet packets, which will typically be the router of your ISP.

    Cable and ADSL broadband modems are transparent devices that do not insert a MAC address of their own into the Ethernet packets.