Would you please be so kind to keep this discussion on the list by replying to it, not to me directly. Thanks. On Thu, August 24, 2006 14:23, claudio987\@libero\.it wrote: >> Yes. Well, I also received an email from Sietske van Zanen who thought >> more thoroughly than I did, but he hit the wrong butten and it was not sent >> to the list. This was his answer and I have to agree with him: >> >> >> [quote] >> I do not see what use it is, to block this on your firewall. WoL is a >> broadcast, hence it will already never traverse a firewall if it's configured >> correctly. On the local LAN segment they will never pass a firewall before >> reaching a LAN station. That's the whole idea of broadcasting. >> >> The best thing to do is disable WoL on the workstations. >> >> >> -Sietse >> [/quote] >> >> Gr, >> Rob >> > how can I block wol packets? I must disable broadcasting? In what way? I wont > to use wol only in my lan. I have a linux box router: 192.168.0.1 and 4 pc on > lan 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5. I must disable it with > iptables on 192.168.0.1 (router). Thanks Did you read Sietse's comment? - WOL is a broadcast and broadcasts typically *do not pass* a router, in this case your Linux firewall. - If the WOL packet is coming from your LAN you *cannot* block it using your Linux firewall, because the packets *do not pass through* it. Disable the WOL feature on your clients, as Sietse suggested. Gr, Rob
