blocking an IP using Windows 10 Firewall

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to block access from an IP address. I ran the following elevated PowerShell script:

PS C:\> New-NetFirewallRule -RemoteAddress 192.35.168.128 `  
>>                     -DisplayName "Block Bad IP" `  
>>                     -Direction inbound `  
>>                     -Profile Any `  
>>                     -Action Block  
  
  
Name                  : {4b7d1af9-99b6-4e9c-9ae9-c811b31400ae}  
DisplayName           : Block Bad IP  
Description           :  
DisplayGroup          :  
Group                 :  
Enabled               : True  
Profile               : Any  
Platform              : {}  
Direction             : Inbound  
Action                : Block  
EdgeTraversalPolicy   : Block  
LooseSourceMapping    : False  
LocalOnlyMapping      : False  
Owner                 :  
PrimaryStatus         : OK  
Status                : The rule was parsed successfully from the store. (65536)  
EnforcementStatus     : NotApplicable  
PolicyStoreSource     : PersistentStore  
PolicyStoreSourceType : Local  

When I look at the rule with wf.msc I do not see a green check-mark.

The rule is not working. What am I missing?

Charles

Answer 1

Hello,

As you said the rule was successfully parsed from the store, it should be working fine now.

If it doesn't works, you can try blocking it via hosts file as an alternative.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hi ,

I did not see anything wrong, what's the exact problem?

If you configure a block firewall rule successfully, then you will see a small red icon in form of a stop panel at the left of the entry. This is correct.

Best Regards,

Candy

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