NETGEAR FVX538NA manual Enabling Source MAC Filtering

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 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.

•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 4-18

Note: For additional ways of restricting outbound traffic, see “Outbound Rules (Service Blocking)” on page 4-2

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.

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v1.0, August 2006