WALL IE, Industrial Ethernet Bridge and Firewall | Version 1 | 15.05.2017
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MAC address filtering
With the function "MAC Filtering" communication via the WALL IE can be limited to devices with
certain MAC addresses ("Whitelisting“) or devices with certain MAC addresses can be denied access
("Blacklisting").
Filtering for each MAC address can be activated on the WAN, on the LAN, or on both sides.
MAC addresses must always be entered in the format "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF," whereby numbers are to
be indicated with hexadecimals.
If no MAC filter rule has been entered, the "MAC Filtering" is deactivated, irrespective of the "Default
Policy."
In the NAT mode, the MAC filtering is only carried out if the MAC address is also indicated in the IP
header of the packet. Layer 2 frames are not forwarded in the NAT mode.
The MAC filtering takes place on layer 2 in the bridge mode.