Hi Chris
Well, like any security measure, mac address filtering can be cracked.
Most commonly it is done via Mac spoofing, i.e. someone faking the
address of their network card to match yours. It takes some effort and
packet sniffing, but it can be done. Your best bet for a home network
is to use both mac filtering and WPA, the more layers of security the
better. Don't even bother with WEP, it's relatively easy to crack, use
WPA insteadwhich is more difficult to crack though again, not
impossible. For really tight security a good bet is an SSL-encrypted
VPN, but realistically on a home network it's overkill, as it requires
a VPN-capable router as well as some significant setup steps on each
computer you want to connect to the network.
hth
On Jun 20, 2008, at 9:32, Chris Blouch 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.?
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
