kidjan wrote:
> Pat Farrell;274387 Wrote: 
>   
>> Peter wrote:
>>     
>>> radish wrote:
>>>       
>>>> 1) MAC filtering is entirely useless. 
>>>>         
>>> Agreed. MAC filtering is mostly an incredible hassle.
>>>       
>> Word.
>>
>> MAC filtering is nearly as hard to manage as the olden days of each PC
>>
>> needing manual TCP/IP address assignments. It will drive you crazy.
>>     
>
> I've always done MAC filtering.  I've never considered it nearly the
> hassle of setting up encryption.
>
> Enter in the MAC addresses you want to allow/disallow, and you're off. 
> It seems pretty easy to me.  Maybe it's the firmware I use (either
> DD-WRT or Tomato, for WRT54G), but...MAC filtering seems braindead to
> me.
>   

I hope you use it together with encryption, cause otherwise your traffic 
could be sniffed easily.

Regards,
Peter
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