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Originally posted by KC911
Err...MAC addresses do not appear in a IP (nor TCP) packet header. MACs are only used for a local network's ARP, and will not be 'filterable' (is that a word ) in a routed IP network.
LOL. Dear lord, you get enough engineers in a room.....

You are correct. The MAC is not part of the IP headers itself.

You can make filtering decisions based on MAC address's, but these are not IP filters (Layer 3).
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