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From: Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Blocking forwarding of packets in WLAN
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:27:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041014142730.GA3211@bender.817west.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000501c4b1f4$89506360$db0a11ac@eurecom.fr>

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 03:48:50PM +0200, Claudio Lavecchia wrote:
> Prototype for my function is then: 
> 
> void block_forwarding(char * MAC_address); 
> 
> Is this feasible someway using iptables? Can anyone give me a precise hint
> on how to do that? I would be truly grateful if someone could help me. 

can't help you with the C code aspect of it, but if at some point you
get to the part where you need the actual iptables command to block
forwarding of a packet by MAC address, it's:

  iptables -A FORWARD -m mac --mac-source $MACADDR -j DROP

where $MACADDR is in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX form.

-j

-- 
Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>


  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-10-14 14:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-14 13:48 Blocking forwarding of packets in WLAN Claudio Lavecchia
2004-10-14 13:58 ` Lukas Ruf
2004-10-14 14:27 ` Jason Opperisano [this message]
2004-10-14 21:39 ` Jose Maria Lopez
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-14 13:38 Claudio Lavecchia

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