Thanks a lot for your valuable help. I think this will solve my problem On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 22:17, Cedric Blancher wrote: > Le jeu 18/09/2003 Ã 21:04, M. Ziya Ozudogru a Ãcrit : > > 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 > > If all your rules are this kind : > > iptables -A FORWARD -m mac --mac-source $MAC -s $IP -j ACCEPT > > Then an unknown MAC address won't be able to get through and a known one > will accepted _only_ if used with correct source IP. Isn't it what you > wanted or am I missing something ?