On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:01:27 +0200 <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my > > > sprint bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably > > > need to update my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in it, but > > > I'll have to set it so the neighbors are locked out, probably by > > > catching this ones MAC and disallowing anything else. > > > > MACs can be cloned (though I doubt your neighbours would do this). > > Don't rely on MACs for device identification. These days it's quite > probable that a mobile device picks a random MAC, for (well-founded, > alas) privacy reasons [1]. > > Cheers > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Randomization > -- tomás
If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it (most can), you could try RADIUS... -- Joe