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shushmar
shushmar
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July 23, 2018
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Block access to group contains wildcard hostnames

  • July 23, 2018
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Hello,

If somebody knows if possible to create a policy that will block internet access to computers where their hostnames  are starting with "XX". FG800C. version 5.6.5.

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    Dave_Hall
    Dave_Hall
    New Member
    July 23, 2018

    Hi Sergey,

     

    Device blocking is usually either performed via MAC address (ACL), OS/device type, and authentication.  Perhaps if you could provide more information or the context of your problem, we might be able to provide more of a solution.

     

    shushmar
    shushmarAuthor
    New Member
    July 24, 2018

    Hello Dave, 

    Thanks for your reply. Here is the context of the problem:

    All domain laptop's  host names are starting with the standard prefix "DDAXXXXXXX". 

    I want to prevent access of these laptops to connect to guest wi-fi network due security risk. 

    I can block all Windows OS based devices and grant access to iOS/Android platforms only, but in this case it will affect Windows based laptops of our visitors / contractors.

    Dave_Hall
    Dave_Hall
    New Member
    August 1, 2018

    If this is an issue, there is no rule/device set for grouping devices by host names (someone correct me if this is not correct) - your best bet is to view the device listing, sorted by host name then assign those laptops (mac addresses) to a group.  After this, created a device firewall rule to block them on the guest wifi.  Alternately you can create a black list of those laptop mac addresses in the DHCP IP reservation list. 

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