Re: [squid-users] MAC bacsed ACL

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:27:59 +0100

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 05.38, Raja R wrote:
> Also I think MAC can not cross subnets. It will work fine if the
> squid server and the client PCs are in the same subnet.
> AM I Right Henrik ?

Yes.

MAC addresses only exists within a single Ethernet network (including
bridged/switched segments). As soon as the IP packets pass a router
(or firewall) will the MAC address be replaced by that of the
router/firewall.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 00:27:05 MST

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