Indeed. But it should also be remembered that MAC address filtering
provides *no* useful security whatsoever. It is worthless. Don't bother
with it.

Why? Because the MAC address of the transmitting and receiving station
is transmitted in the clear in every frame. It can be sniffed off the
air and trivially spoofed.

Wireless security is based on *encryption* and *authentication*. Use
the best that is common to all devices on your network, WPA-PSK with
AES (best), WPA-PSK with TKIP (next best) or WEP (last).

Do not bother with bogus so-called 'security' features such as SSID
'hiding' or MAC address filtering - neither of these offer any
protection, give a false sense of security, and cause more problems
than they are worth.

Apologies for the lecture...


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