Configuration help needed: filtering rule applies incorrectly

Started by pspeirs

Configuration help needed: filtering rule applies incorrectly   23 January 2015, 20:58

Hi All,

I'm having some difficulties getting the rules to filter as required. Basically, I have a test group with two MAC addresses which are the wired and wireless NIC's of a laptop.
I have a rule configured to block traffic and have this group as a member.
A second rule is an Allow All rule.
It seems the laptop is actually using the Allow All rule and not being picked up by the first rule. I tried the same with my PC with the same result. Changing the Allow All rule to block prevents Internet access as expected.

I have a Win 2012 machine configured with Bandwidth Mgr. Two NIC's.

Please advise what other information I need to supply.

Regs,
Paul
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Re: Configuration help needed: filtering doesn't work correctly   24 January 2015, 11:56

Please explain how all this stuff is connected to each other and if possible sketch a diagram.

I understand that you have a server with two NICs with BM, but I also need to know where they are connected to.

Re: Configuration help needed: the filtering applies incorrectly   25 January 2015, 07:24

Have attached a drawing of the connections.

As for the actual BM configuration, I have the following:

GROUPS
============
Qais Games: Containing one MAC address
Test Group: Containing two MAC addresses

RULES
============
#1 - Test
-----------
IPv4 based, both directions on the LAN interface
Rate limit is combined Bytes/s and Blocked
Source is "Test Group" with any Source port
All other options are left default

#2 - Allow All
----------------
Any protocol, Unlimited
Any Source and Destination, all interfaces


Regards,
Paul
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Re: Configuration help needed: the filtering applies incorrectly   25 January 2015, 07:35

I have a feeling it could be more network configuration related with the PC and router. I can resolve IP addresses from the router, however cannot resolve internal IP addresses from the 2012 server.

The NIC configuration currently is:

LAN
------
IP: 192.168.1.3
SN: 255.255.255.0
GW: None
DNS: 192.168.1.1

WAN
------
IP: 192.168.1.4
SN: 255.255.255.0
GW: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1

Regs,
Paul
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Re: Configuration help needed: the filtering applies incorrectly   25 January 2015, 11:24

It looks like the router hides every device behind it under its own IP address and MAC address. This means IP/MAC addresses from your LAN never reach BM and all BM sees is the router.

The only workaround for this is to re-configure the router to be a bridge to make it pass IP/MAC addresses unchanged. In this case you may have to turn the BM computer into a router.

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