If you have an outdoor Ethernet port—in my case with a WiFi AP connected—how can you go about protecting your network from somebody jacking in?

Is there a way to bind that port to only an approved device? I figured a firewall rule to only allow traffic to and from the WiFi AP IP address, but would that also prevent traffic from reaching any wireless clients connected to the AP?

Edit: For more context, my router is a Ubiquiti UDM and the AP is also Unifi AP

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A padlock.

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But can’t that be defeated with a $5.00 wrench? [https://xkcd.com/538/]

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If people are breaking into your stuff, don’t put it outside at all.

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Low tech and cheap, best option unless you can Mac bind on your switch natively.

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