Block by MAC address
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Hey, I searched around and cant believe i cannot find information how to do this, so i will just ask.
How do i block a connection on the firewall by MAC (hardware) address as opposed to blocking by IP address?
is it possible? must be!
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Why must it be possible?
If you had searched the forums you'd have found this thread.
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so,
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?action=search keywords: "block Mac adresses"
Is a circular query which brings me back to the same message, even if i spell "addresses" correctly.
I fail to see your point. A whole lot of not answering the question when you could just be straight.
The only way i found so far was to make dhcp assign an address specifically by mac address and then block pakcets based on that address which i force it to have. hardly ideal. -
The point is, if you've searched and found a number of threads where people are told that it can't be done then maybe it's because it can't be done.
Yes, using a static DHCP or static ARP and then blocking those IP ranges are your only options on pfSense. One option is to create a virtual IP and DHCP range just for those you want to block.