Lost connectivity after firewall rule

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I tried to keep a user (based on their MAC) without connection and added the following rule to firewall:

config rule
        option enabled '1'
        option name 'test'
        option proto 'all'
        option src_mac 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:x'
        option dest '*'
        option target 'REJECT'

The problem was that the router became unresponsive and I was force to access in failsafe mode. After excluding this rule the router become alive again.

Any clues why this happened?

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You need this rule to disable internet access for a person based on their mac-address.

config rule
    option proto 'tcp udp'
    option name 'Block Internet for MAC'
    option dest 'wan'
    option target 'REJECT'
    option src 'lan'
    option src_mac '00:11:22:33:44:55'
# you can add more mac-addresses with a space 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'

I think your rule caused the firewall to not work entirely because there is no source interface so it may have identified it as input rule. I am not an expert in firewall related stuff so please someone else can better advise you.

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Change to any

The issue may be the wrong MAC.

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