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Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost

To: "Drew Rogge" <drew@dasrogges.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:38:00 -0500
On Jan 23, 2008 11:34 AM, Drew Rogge <drew@dasrogges.com> wrote:
> I think you can also use MAC address filtering. This allows you
> to allow connections only from those machines who's hardware
> ethernet address is registered with the router.
>

It's really easy to fake MAC addresses.  It's a bunch of work to set
mac address filtering up, and keep the lists maintained, and it
*doesn't work*.  use WPA, or a higher level encryption protocol, like
IPSEC.  Don't screw around with non-working half measures.

-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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