Is there a program, utility or widget that allows you to see who the user or machine names that are connected through the airport? Is there a way to set a time that either allows or denies access to the network?
Thanks for your feedback
Mac Airport Extreme - Who is on the Network
Feb 09, 2007
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arpwatch will probably run on a Mac. Tells you the MAC addys of any h/w on your lan.
If it exists, it would be a feature of the Airport (my Dlink router has such a facility). I guess if youre using WPA you could set up a Radius server and require authentication maybe?
Getting an AirPort Extreme base station to report its connected clients depends on which model you've got. The new 802.11n (square) model can apparently display this information through the AirPort Admin Utility application. The older (spaceship) model requires a syslog server or the AirPort Management Utility. Consult the "Base Station Logging" section of the Designing AirPort Networks manual that applies to your model.
Without using third-party firmware, the only way to do this is to put the base station on an electric timer to turn it on and off.
Time-based access control is now available with the new model. See .
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