Thanks for your help but how can i assure that given mac is using the ip i assign to it? And if it is using its assigned ip it should pass if it is not it should be blocked On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 21:57, Cedric Blancher wrote: > Le jeu 18/09/2003 Ã 20:26, M. Ziya Ozudogru a Ãcrit : > > Here comes the problem.. How can i define in iptables to use these arp > > rules and give access only the one addresses that match the rules and > > should block all the others ( well i want to block the others [unused ip > > addresses by using iptables mac macth module ] ) . ? Any hints ? > > See mac match : > > cbr@elendil:~$ iptables -m mac --help > [...] > MAC v1.2.8 options: > --mac-source [!] XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > Match source MAC address > > Now, you just have to implement rules matching source mac address and > source IP address.