Wireless Router

[sswilson]

How is your MAC filtering currently configured? It sounds to me like you've got it turned on, but haven't told it what you want it to do.

You'll want to take down the MAC addresses of your wireless cards (the router will tell you what devices have recently connected) and then tell the router to "deny" all addresses but those.

WPA security is only for wireless devices. Your wired devices don't use it.

[no_pulse]

Originally Posted by sswilson

How is your MAC filtering currently configured? It sounds to me like you've got it turned on, but haven't told it what you want it to do.

I have Enable MAC Address Filtering checked and I put that MAC addresses of each of the computers NIC's. Found out that the MAC address control is for only for wireless computers, so I put the MAC address of the laptop in there as well.

Are there tools or web sites that can test the security of your router?

[no_pulse]

My brother-in-law wants to connect his Ipod Touch to the wireless network. How would I go about doing that? How do I get the MAC address (if there is one) for the Ipod touch?

Edit: n/m figured it out

Those Ipod touches are pretty sweet. Might have to get me one of those!

[confusion]

FYI, MAC Filtering is useless.
If I crack the encryption on your network I can easily sniff the MAC address out of the air with it and I can clone it in a second.

[death_hawk]

Oh and WPA is also crackable. It's harder to crack, but still doable.

And chaning a MAC is easier than changing your underwear, so MAC filtering is useless.