Hi Filippo, On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 11:39:04PM +0200, Filippo Sallemi wrote: > Hi guys, > I've read the open-mesh FAQ but I'm not able to resolve my problem. > I understood that the mesh network is a public network and that every > user have to make sure their connection is secure but i don't want > that another node (alien) can connect to my network so i thinked about > use ebables to block all traffic (such as policy DROP of iptables) and > allow only certain nodes to comunicate with other. > > I need some like this > ebtables -i wlan0 DROP > ebtables -i wlan0 --src <node mac> ACCEPT > > but don't work for me > > Any suggest? >
If you dig a bit in the mailing list archive you can probably find some other threads talking about this topic. ebtables only work on bridges, therefore it won't work on simple interfaces like wlan0.. > Rgds > 2011/8/16 Marek Lindner <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi, > > > >> I don't known if this is a old argument but exsist the possibility to > >> implement a secure mesh network? > >> For example a tecnique that crypt batman-adv traffic with a preshare > >> key or similar or > >> using ebtables to block all INPUT and OUTPUT traffic and allow only > >> the specified nodes mac? > > > > Please consult our FAQ and feel free to ask unanswered questions afterwards: > > http://www.open-mesh.org/wiki/open-mesh/FAQ > > > > > > Regards, > > Marek > > > > > > -- > Filippo Sallemi -- Antonio Quartulli ..each of us alone is worth nothing.. Ernesto "Che" Guevara
