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--- wireless_filtering [2023/05/08 04:07] – -Clarity, condense opening paragraph, formatting example code hogwild
+++ wireless_filtering [2025/02/12 03:21] (current) – -Formatting hogwild
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 ====== Wireless MAC Address filtering via script/scheduler ======
-The easiest way to achieve Wireless MAC address filtering is to use the controls in FreshTomato's [[basic-wfilter|wireless filter]] menu. There are cases, however, when you need/prefer to block MAC addresses in a script. This can be for easier management of such tasks (with large number of devices). It can also because you wish to schedule the filtering on or off as needed.
+The easiest way to perform Wireless MAC address filtering is to use the controls in FreshTomato's [[basic-wfilter|Wireless Filter]] menu. However, there are occasions when you might prefer/need to block MAC addresses in a script.
-Given a MAC address you want to control, for example: ''aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff''
+There are two main advantages to using a script. First, entering all the data for a large number of network devices into the Wireless Filter menu would be tedious and time-consuming.
-You can perform the following functions on it:
+A scripted solution can make it easier to manage a large number of network devices. Second, a script more easily allows you to schedule filtering on or off, as needed.
+ \\  \\ For example, given a MAC address whose access you wish to control:
+<code text>
+aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
+</code>
  \\
-# Block\\  ''/usr/sbin/ebtables -A FORWARD -d aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -j DROP''
+You could perform the following functions on it:
  \\
-# Unblock\\  ''/usr/sbin/ebtables -D FORWARD -d aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -j DROP''
+  * Block\\ <code text>
+/usr/sbin/ebtables -A FORWARD -d aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -j DROP
+</code>
  \\
-Or even
+  * Unblock\\ <code text>
+/usr/sbin/ebtables -D FORWARD -d aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -j DROP
+</code>
-# Flush (unblock all the defined references at once)\\  ''/usr/sbin/ebtables -F''
+ \\
+  * Or even…Flush (unblock all the defined references at once)\\ <code text>
+/usr/sbin/ebtables -F
+</code> \\
+ \\

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