[Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost

[David Scheidt]

On Jan 23, 2008 11:34 AM, Drew Rogge <drew at dasrogges.com> wrote:
> I think you can also use MAC address filtering. This allows you
> to allow connections only from those machines who's hardware
> ethernet address is registered with the router.
>

It's really easy to fake MAC addresses.  It's a bunch of work to set
mac address filtering up, and keep the lists maintained, and it
*doesn't work*.  use WPA, or a higher level encryption protocol, like
IPSEC.  Don't screw around with non-working half measures.

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David Scheidt
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