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AnthonyH
Staff
Staff
Article Id 357972
Description

 

This article describes how to resolve the error that occurs when trying to use wildcards in a MAC address in a FortiNAC policy: 'Invalid MAC Address' is displayed and it is not possible to save the NAC Policy.

 

Scope

 

FortiGate, FortiSwitch.

 

Solution

 

As of v7.0, it is possible to include the wildcard * characters in the FortiNAC Policy to match devices: Use wildcards in a MAC address in a NAC policy.

 

However, when creating in a NAC policy using wildcards, 'Invalid MAC Address' is seen.

 

Invalid_MAC.PNG

 

In firmware v7.4.5 and v7.6.1, it is possible to configure wildcards in the NAC Policy GUI. However, in v7.0, the CLI can be used:

 

config user nac-policy
    edit "Wildcard-MAC"
         set mac "12:32:44:**:**:**"
    next
end

 

wild_card_mac_saved.PNG