WEP and MAC Filter
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Posted by bnmohan via HWKB.com on June 20, 2008, 12:33 am
Please log in for more thread options We have a DIR-300 wireless router, on which I have enabled a WEP key for the SSID, and also the MAC filter to allow only specific adaptors to access the network. I however find that the MAC filter appears to be inactive, as wireless adaptors that have the WEP key entered can access the lan without their mac addresses entered into the router. Is access given to (the WEP key entered OR the mac address is on the router); meaning either one of them is sufficient to access the router? Mohan -- Message posted via http://www.hwkb.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob Willard on June 20, 2008, 6:13 am
Please log in for more thread options My Linksys WRT54Gv2 does it right: the WPA (or WEP) key must match AND the MAC address must match (if Permit Only is selected) for the PC to access the 'net. Sounds like the DIR-300 has a bug or (just maybe) you did not correctly set up the MAC filter; double-check your settings. -- Cheers, Bob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by bnmohan via HWKB.com on June 20, 2008, 8:38 am
Please log in for more thread options Thanks!
Now my schedule for Saturday is ready! Mohan Bob Willard wrote: >> Hello! 20 June 2008
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>My Linksys WRT54Gv2 does it right: the WPA (or WEP) key must match AND the >MAC address must match (if Permit Only is selected) for the PC to access >the 'net. > >Sounds like the DIR-300 has a bug or (just maybe) you did not correctly >set up the MAC filter; double-check your settings. -- Message posted via HWKB.com http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/network-wireless/200806/1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill Kearney on June 20, 2008, 8:52 am
Please log in for more thread options > and also the MAC filter to allow only specific adaptors to access the
> network. This is a useless feature. All it take for someone to overcome a MAC filter is to make a text change in the network card setup to use a different MAC. Worse, when an interace dies (or a USB dongle gets lost) it then requires the hassle of adding the new MAC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by bnmohan via HWKB.com on June 21, 2008, 2:44 am
Please log in for more thread options <My Linksys WRT54Gv2 does it right: the WPA (or WEP) key must match AND the
<MAC address must match (if Permit Only is selected) for the PC to access <the 'net. < <Sounds like the DIR-300 has a bug or (just maybe) you did not correctly <set up the MAC filter; double-check your settings. < < Signature < < <Cheers, Bob Could it be because the DHCP server is enabled, and the incoming wireless adaptors were on get dynamic IP when I try to connect them to the router? I am not sure of the sequence to be followed: I set the wifi adaptor IP to my local lan; remove 802/11b authentication, connect to the router. I am never sure in what order I do the three. It ends up at 'validating identity' most of the time. Sometimes it connects; but the lan is not available ( because the router is on one subnet and the lan on another). I go to the router and enter the MAC address. When I retry, it still fails, and I find the 802/11b auth has come back, or the new IP is gone :-(. I remove the auth, put back the IP, and the thing connects. I am not sure if the 802 auth had come back earlier, and the connection would have been made if the auth was removed, without entering the MAC on the router. Sorry, all that appears quite incoherent even to me! Mohan I would be happy if someone could point out the correct sequence to be followed. -- Message posted via HWKB.com http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/network-wireless/200806/1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> We have a DIR-300 wireless router, on which I have enabled a WEP key for the
> SSID, and also the MAC filter to allow only specific adaptors to access the
> network.
> I however find that the MAC filter appears to be inactive, as wireless
> adaptors that have the WEP key entered can access the lan without their mac
> addresses entered into the router.
> Is access given to (the WEP key entered OR the mac address is on the router);
> meaning either one of them is sufficient to access the router?
>
> Mohan
>