Technical Tip: Blocking a MAC address in FortiGate using a Firewall Policy

[Rajan_kohli]

Description	This article describes how to block a MAC address in FortiGate using a Firewall Policy.
Scope	FortiGate 6.x.x and 7.x.x.
Solution	The Firewall Policy to block a MAC address can be either configured from a specific source and destination interface, or for all interfaces. First, make an address object with the MAC address of the device which needs to be blocked. If that MAC should be blocked from accessing all interfaces: Enable the Multiple Interface Policies feature in feature visibility (configuring a policy in this way will stop Interface Pair view from working):  Make a Deny Firewall Policy with the source address as the address object which we created in step 1, and move the policy to the top of the list: If that MAC should be blocked from accessing specific interfaces (or if Interface Pair View mode should be preserved): Make the firewall policy with the specific interfaces instead:  Traffic is now blocked: Note: This works only if the MAC address is not getting changed in the path toward FortiGate or if the device is trying to access a service hosted by FortiGate (Web GUI, SSLVPN, etc.) Related articles: Technical Tip: How to control DHCP user via MAC address Technical Note : Configuring MAC address filtering on a FortiGate - IP/MAC binding