Hello all,
I've been scanning over a year's worth of messages here tonight but I still have a few questions. I have a home network with a Linksys BEFSR41 router and WAP11 802.11b access point. We have 3 hard wired PCs on the router with the 4th port connected to the WAP. We have 1 fulltime laptop and 1 part time laptop that connect to the WAP.
I'm good on the WEP aspect. No trbls there. I'm trying to use MAC filtering on the WAP to only allow the 2 laptop MACs to access it and I can't seem to enter them in the space. The entire MAC address won't fit into the space. Anyone seen this before and have a clue as to what I am doing wrong? The MACs are in the format of XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.
Also, I have DHCP in the router set to allow a max of 5 MACs to access the network. Assuming all of the machines are online that would limit other users from accessing my network via the WAP, would it not?
I'm not in an area where there would be a high concentration of wireless users or hackers trying to access my network but I'm just trying to be a little safer about it. I strolled out into the street tonight and still had usable signal.
Thanks in advance for your help. Peter