What type of rules are you talking about?  For instance, if you 
specifically block TCP to a certain IP address, ping will still work 
because it's ICMP.  Could you post your rules?

Chris

Claude Morin wrote:
> I'm setting up a bridged m0n0wall, to partition off some internal PCs 
> from
> the rest of the network while keeping the same IP addresses.  The "Enable
> filtering bridge" checkbox in "System: Advanced setup" is enabled, 
> OPT1 is
> bridged to the LAN, and I have firewall rules in place:
>
>   - on the LAN interface to control traffic into OPT1
>   - on the OPT1 interface to control traffic out to anywhere
>
> The problem I'm having is that the rules seem to be ignored.  Even if 
> I have
> rules that forbid traffic from LAN to OPT1 and vice versa, ping from one
> side to the other continues to work.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -klode
> keywords: filtering bridge, bridging firewall
>