topic Re: How can I block web access for one mac address on my network? in General Topics

How can I block web access for one mac address on my network?

jlaschuk — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:16:42 GMT

Hi all,

I have a PA-3050 that I've been asked to configure so that it blocks web access for one of the machines on our network, but I can't seem to find the right place to add the mac address of this machine, and searching has failed me so far. I'd appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Re: How can I block web access for one mac address on my network?

santonic — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:37:36 GMT

FW can't block by MAC address.

If your FW is DHCP server for this segment you can make a reservation for a certain IP nad block it by IP.

Re: How can I block web access for one mac address on my network?

BPry — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:56:09 GMT

As already stated you can't actually block directly by mac-address. You would need to allocate a static IP address for that machine and then block it like that. Alternatives would be:

1) Block it from getting an IP address at all on your DHCP server

2) If userid is setup then just create a rule that denies that user access to anything.