On Thursday 18 March 2004 8:28 am, Gerry Weaver wrote: > Hello All, > > I have setup a bridging firewall. I want to drop packets on the external > interface, which have source addresses on my internal network. However, the > firewall/bridge sits between my T1 router and the rest of my LAN. Is there > a way to drop the packets mentioned previously, but allow the router? I > guess a rule could be created that uses the routers mac address as a match. > I've been playing around with this, but I'm not getting the result I want. > I could sure use some advice on this. > > [ LAN xx.xx.xx.0/24 ]<==>[ bridge/firewall ]<==>[ router xx.xx.xx.254/24 ] How about: iptables -A FORWARD -i $extIF -s xx.xx.xx.254 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $extIF -s xx.xx.xx.0/24 -j DROP ? Antony. -- Most people have more than the average number of legs. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.