Re: Filter MAC address

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control

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On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 07:33:24 +0000 (GMT)
Qos Switch <qos_switch@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I need to classified the traffic by looking at the packet destination and source MAC address. Can anyone here suggest ways to do this. 
> 
> I have read through the HOWTO documentation, from there I know that U32 filter can only filter out IP or higher layer. May I know why U32 filter did not support datalink layer (MAC address)? Is it that when packet entering TC, the datalink layer no longer there? Are there any filter which can filter the MAC address? 
> 
> Before this, I have successfully implement QoS through source and destination IP address using CBQ. Here I would like to thanks LARTC for the help. 
> 

Yes, you can do this, but using fw marking, not u32 classifier. Just search through the various
netfilter extensions - you really can do miracles with them :))

E-gards,
Nickola

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