kidjan;274867 Wrote: > MAC filtering seems braindead to me. It is indeed, because as well as being a pain it simply doesn't work :) MAC spoofing is trivial, in fact it's even easier than breaking WEP.
As for ease of use, compare these procedures for adding a new device: 1) Startup new device and enter network setup 2) Select SSID, enter key 3) Relax, safe in the knowledge that your network is still secure or 1) Startup new device and enter network setup 2) Try to figure out what the MAC is (is it on a label on the bottom? is it in a config screen somewhere?) 3) Write MAC down (careful!) 4) Log into router from some other device 5) Add new MAC to access table & save config 6) Go back to new device, go back into network setup and complete it 7) Relax, with the false sense of security that the MAC filtering will actually stop anyone getting into your network. Personally, I keep the key for my network on a big label on the front of the router. That way, if guests come over and want to connect up it's easy for them. Having them all give me their MAC addresses so I can add them (and then try to remember who is who months later when I want to clean up the list) would be a huge hassle. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44054 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
