acorderob
join:2004-08-15
Spain
|  reply to prestonlewis
Re: using WRT54G as a bridge to another WRT54G
Hi. I have a problem with the bridge.
It works perfectly except when i set up MAC address filtering in the first router. When i do that the second router connects to the first wirelessly (appears in the wireless status tab), but after the first transmission of actual data (for example, a simple ping to the first router) the connection is broken and i have to reset the second router to get it again.
I want the MAC filtering because the first router says someone else is connecting to it.
I use the Satori 4.0 firmware in both routers. None of them are using the broadband connection (because i have an ADSL router, not a modem). |
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grcore
New and Improved
join:2003-12-06
usa
| said by acorderob  :
Hi. I have a problem with the bridge.
It works perfectly except when i set up MAC address filtering in the first router. When i do that the second router connects to the first wirelessly (appears in the wireless status tab), but after the first transmission of actual data (for example, a simple ping to the first router) the connection is broken and i have to reset the second router to get it again.
I want the MAC filtering because the first router says someone else is connecting to it.
I use the Satori 4.0 firmware in both routers. None of them are using the broadband connection (because i have an ADSL router, not a modem).
I think when setup this way, both routers will need to have MAC filtering setup exactly the same.
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prestonlewis
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-13
Sacramento, CA
 ·VoiceStick
| reply to acorderob
said by acorderob :
Hi. I have a problem with the bridge.
It works perfectly except when i set up MAC address filtering in the first router. When i do that the second router connects to the first wirelessly (appears in the wireless status tab), but after the first transmission of actual data (for example, a simple ping to the first router) the connection is broken and i have to reset the second router to get it again.
When using MAC filtering for wireless, every authorized device that get a data packet has to be included in the MAC filter list. So the bridge's MAC address, all client devices, anything that is part of your home wireless network has to be in the MAC filter table (except for the device that is doing the filtering). Remember, MAC address' are hexadecimal. They only use numbers 0-9 and letters from A-F so if you have any letter from G-Z in your MAC client table, you've made a mistake somewhere.
If you're worried about unauthorized use of your wireless network, why not try WEP 64bit encryption? It only requires a 10 digit password key (hexadecimal again) and I usually use the phone number of an out of state relative which is 10 digits long. The bridge and all client devices will have to be set to match it but it's probably better protection than MAC filtering. |
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acorderob
join:2004-08-15
Spain
| said by prestonlewis :
When using MAC filtering for wireless, every authorized device that get a data packet has to be included in the MAC filter list. So the bridge's MAC address, all client devices, anything that is part of your home wireless network has to be in the MAC filter table (except for the device that is doing the filtering).
My wireless devices are only the router and the bridge. My test was setting MAC filtering in the router, adding the bridge MAC address to the list of authorized addresses. With this filtering activated, after the first transmission (just a ping) the wireless connection between router and bridge is closed, and the transmission fails.
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If you're worried about unauthorized use of your wireless network, why not try WEP 64bit encryption?
I'm currently using WEP-128bit but i have read that it is somewhat insecure (i'm not sure at this point if WPA works correctly with this firmware).
Anyway, even with WEP, some other MAC addresses appear in the wireless status tab, so i suppose others are connecting to my router (even if i don't broadcast my non-default SSID). |
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hfam95
join:2003-06-20
Woodbridge, VA
| reply to prestonlewis
said by prestonlewis : said by acorderob :
Hi. I have a problem with the bridge.
It works perfectly except when i set up MAC address filtering in the first router. When i do that the second router connects to the first wirelessly (appears in the wireless status tab), but after the first transmission of actual data (for example, a simple ping to the first router) the connection is broken and i have to reset the second router to get it again.
When using MAC filtering for wireless, every authorized device that get a data packet has to be included in the MAC filter list. So the bridge's MAC address, all client devices, anything that is part of your home wireless network has to be in the MAC filter table (except for the device that is doing the filtering). Remember, MAC address' are hexadecimal. They only use numbers 0-9 and letters from A-F so if you have any letter from G-Z in your MAC client table, you've made a mistake somewhere. If you're worried about unauthorized use of your wireless network, why not try WEP 64bit encryption? It only requires a 10 digit password key (hexadecimal again) and I usually use the phone number of an out of state relative which is 10 digits long. The bridge and all client devices will have to be set to match it but it's probably better protection than MAC filtering. not true. I got a dwl-g820 and it works for my xbox. i have the xbox in mac filtering, but not the 820, and it works. |
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