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Block MAC-Address on a 2851 Router? Christoph Gartmann 12-06-07
Posted by Christoph Gartmann on December 6, 2007, 1:52 pm
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Hello,

is it possible to block a given MAC-address on a 2851 router (IOS 12.4)? If so,
how?

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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Posted by Peter on December 6, 2007, 10:45 pm
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Hi Christoph,


Yes, you can block a MAC on a Router using ACL's, however there are
requirements and side effects that you need to be aware of.....;-) It
all comes down to what device TYPE (Switch, Router, Layer 3 Switch,
etc) you are trying to do this on. I am assuming you are using a Full
Router and not a Layer 3 Switch, where the method is likely to be
different.

A MAC is a Layer 2 construction, so while you can build a MAC ACL
(type 700) you can only APPLY that ACL to an interface that is
operating in Layer 2 mode. By default, all Router ports are Layer 3
ports, and so wont natively take a type 700 ACL. You first need to
drop the interface down to Layer 2 by putting that PORT into BRIDGE
(Layer 2) mode first. The negative thing about BRIDGE mode is that all
segments are then forced to operate at the speed of the slowest
segment, so here you find the use of the BVI (Bridged Virtual
Interface) very useful, allowing you to Route off the MAC ACL
segment....

I needed to add MAC security to a 2600 so I -
  1. Defined a Bridge Group.
  2. Configured a BVI for that Bridge Group to take the Layer 3
properties for the segment,
  3. Then added the Physical interface to that Bridge Group.
  4.  I then applied the MAC ACL to the PHYSICAL interface. Note that
it uses a special form of the command to add the MAC ACL.

This method allows the use of MAC ACL's but also allows the Bridged
interface to operate at full speed and not the speed of the Bridged
WAN segment (as in my case).

I hope this helps................pk.


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Peter from Auckland.

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