| In my house.......... we use a Linksys and not only is the SSID changed but has been disabled from broadcasting, we use WPA2 with 128bit, MAC filtration and limit DHCP addresses to only 5 since I have one desktop, 2 laptops and 2 Xbox's. Good luck getting close to it. |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | That's funny.
I do the same thing. It bites when a friend comes over with a lap top and can't connect until I go to one of the MAC accepted computers and authorize their MAC in the list.
But it is worth it. |
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| I'm in the same boat. I don't bother doing anything above MAC restrictions at this point. My neighbors are either (1) clueless on wireless or (2) have their own router (which I can always pick up, and they're secured). It's tough, because I have the following devices using my wireless signal at varying times:
• PlayStation 3
• Nintendo Wii
• Sony PSP
• LocationFree Player
• My Personal laptop
• My other Personal laptop (which I just sold today)
• My Work laptop
• T-mobile MDA
• Friend 1's personal laptop
• Friend 1's school laptop
• Friend 2's PlayStation 3
AS you can tell, that's a lot of MAC addresses I have to manage, and my router doesn't let me nickname anything either, so I can't ever tell what's in there. But I always check the DHCP Client Table to make sure there aren't any devices I don't recognize. |
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
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MAC filtering? Worth it? Ever try changing the MAC address on your friend's laptop? You'll see how useless it is.
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said by bigjimc:That's funny. I do the same thing. It bites when a friend comes over with a lap top and can't connect until I go to one of the MAC accepted computers and authorize their MAC in the list. But it is worth it. You do realize MAC filtering is the weakest form of wireless security, right? All it takes is a second to sniff the MAC of an authorized device on your network and spoof my NIC to match it.
It is fine as a "layer" of security but worthless. |
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | It is just 1 layer that I use. With the new 256 bit encryption breaker that was announced, it wount be long until the drivers start to cruise with that. |
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