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Originally posted by tioga: I really like the idea of a closed network where I can restrict access to specific MAC addresses. Now the linksys product manual talks about MAC address filtering but I'm not sure if this is the same thing. Anyone familiar with that term? Also, when I tried to setup WEP encryption the router lost comms with both the ethernet-connected iMac, and the wireless-connected PC. I had to do a hard reset on the router to get things going again. I must have screwed up something, ya think? Oh well, enough frustration for one night. Sooner or later I'll get it with everyone's help. Still not as secure as I'd like, but getting there! |
Mac address filtering sounds very similar to access lists. I'm not familiar with the linksys. If you turn on WEP, you WILL lose connectivity over the wireless link. set up the WEP key, turn it on, then enter the same wep key into the Apple networking config pane in the "password" box, then you'll regain access to the network.
As someone else already pointed out, you should note the hexadecimal value for the WEP key, since apple use a proprietary method to calculate the hex values from the plain text you enter in the password prompt.
You tell the mac that you are entering a hex string by using "0x" or "$" in front ot the hex values. I don't know how the linksys calculates strings, or how you enter them, perhaps someone else can tell you here.
Similarly if you plan on using MAC filtering, take a note of the MAC address from the airport interface in terminal - type this :
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ifconfig en1 | grep ether | awk '{ print $2}'
Enter this MAC address into the accepted address list *BEFORE* you turn on MAC filtering.
Cheers,
Ben.
[edit: forgot about the MAC address]