Hi Chris, You wrote: >Has anyone tried just using MAC address whitelisting instead of all the >WPA WEP etc? That's what I do at home. I have no >encryption/authentication stuff on my wireless router. Instead I have an >allow list that only accepts connections from machines that have a >specific MAC address. If you're not familiar, every network device has a >sort of serial number burned into them by the manufacturer. It's a 6 >byte string and every manufacturer gets a block of them to use. Most >routers will let you use this for access control on a whitelist (at >least my Linksys does). Seems to work for me but maybe I'm opening >myself up for issues.?
There's an old (2003) article on the O'Reilly site titled: "Dispelling the Myth of Wireless Security" http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/excerpt/wirlsshacks_chap1/ where the author tested cracking into his own (Mac) network which he set up as closed (no broadcast SSID), WEP-encrypted, and MAC-filtered wireless network. The SSID discovery was near-instantaneous. The MAC-filtering crack took only seconds, the WEP crack took longest, but was also doable. (This was back in 2003, remember). I use WPA encryption. This also reminds me that I wanted to pass on to David (who probably knows this already), that extending WPA encryption on wireless networks that are running with Windows machines (XP), may need you to run a couple of Fixes (on XPSP2): KB917021(Wireless Client Update), and KB893357 (to upgrade to WPA2 capability) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021 (KB917021) http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,30721-order,1-page,1/description.html (KB893357) Of course, this may be old information with XPSP3 out. Gee, I'm glad I don't have to do anything with XP! >CB > >David Poehlman wrote: >> actually, I cannot get ae and netgear to communicate under wep. WPA works. >> This is dismaying news but I am using Macs with my wpn82-v2 just fine. I am >> not able to do all things with it using the Mac but certainly i can >> configure it in windows and then use the AE to stream my audio. I am >> pondering a new router at any rate since I have growing needs. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:03 PM >> Subject: Re: summary of progress to >> date:Re:HowtosetupAirTunesStreamingwithan >> AirPortExpress(long)[wasRe:AirPortStreaminginiTunes[wasRe:NavigatingwithVO+arrowkeysandalternatives[wasRe:voiceoverquestion]]] >> >> >> Hi David, >> >> I'm still surprised about the difficulties using your AirPort Express joined >> to >> your NetGear router when you use WPA encryption, since you've been >> able to get it working under WEP. However, today's MacInTouch reader >> report about "Mac Marginalization" had some dismaying news about >> NetGear's future support (or lack thereof) plans for the Mac: >> >> http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macmarginalization/index.html#d19jun2008 >> (MacInTouch Reader Reports: Mac Marginatlization) >> >> <begin excerpt> >> I have a very nice NetGear Router, an FR114. So, wanting a wireless router, >> I bought a NetGear WNR834M. It was very nice, and very fast, although it >> would only accept ten expressions in the "block these sites" feature, >> whereas the old one I had would accept an unlimited number. >> BUT - although I was able to store the router configuration settings, I was >> completely unable to restore them! >> >> Worse, I was also unable to upgrade the firmware, leaving me stuck with the >> original version (there have been FIVE upgrades published since the >> original). >> >> I contacted tech support for NetGear. They replied promptly (although they >> insisted on phone communication instead of the email that I prefer). >> Unfortunately their reply was, incredibly, that those two features, upgrade >> and setting restoration, were supported *only using Windows*! >> Moreover they stated that they had no plans to ever support the Mac - or >> Unix of Linux for that matter! >> <end excerpt> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On June 16, 2008, at 06:11AM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> I reset it with the reset button and plugged it into the cabel modem. The >>> address is dhcp and dynamic so once it found the ae, my modem allowed me to >>> connect to the internet and I was able to access the ae from all of my >>> computers with a security of none. I was able to use airtunes just fine. >>> I >>> went through the setup and chose join a wireless network, web 128-bit which >>> is what I am trying now due to device constraints. It failed to come back >>> once the settings were updated. I am really at a loss now but there is one >>> more thing I might try. I was able to set up my printer wirelessly so do >>> not understand why the AE will not come back after being updated. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tim Kilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:09 AM >>> Subject: Re: summary of progress to date:Re: How >>> tosetupAirTunesStreamingwithan AirPort Express >>> (long)[wasRe:AirPortStreaminginiTunes[wasRe:NavigatingwithVO+arrowkeysandalternatives[wasRe:voiceoverquestion]]] >>> >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> • When you connect the AE directly to the cable modem, did you mean >>> that the AE would not broadcast properly? >>> >>> • Was that with a fresh configuration of the AE? >>> >>> • Do you have a static or dynamic IP with your ISP? >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> & Carter the Canine >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
