MAC Address Filtering

[regiemon]

I installed a linksys wrt54g router in our office.

My computer is connected directly to the router
4 computers are connected to the hub then connected to the router
2 wireless laptop

My question is
If I configure the MAC Address Filtering, it can only detect the 2 wireless laptop's MAC Address. I couldn't detect the MAC Address of the wired computers?

 

[Win2kpatcher]

What happens when you manually enter them?

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

I installed a linksys wrt54g router in our office.

My computer is connected directly to the router
4 computers are connected to the hub then connected to the router
2 wireless laptop

My question is
If I configure the MAC Address Filtering, it can only detect the 2 wireless laptop's MAC Address. I couldn't detect the MAC Address of the wired computers?

The wired PC's will not be affected by the MAC address filtering.

 

[regiemon]

I don't know the mac address of the other computers.

How do I detect their mac address?
It automatically detected the mac address of the 2 laptops that's why I could put them into the list.

 

[regiemon]

Re: Re: MAC Address Filtering

The wired PC's will not be affected by the MAC address filtering.

Ok. Does MAC Address Filtering are for wireless only?

How can I make my router more secure?

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Re: Re: Re: MAC Address Filtering

Ok. Does MAC Address Filtering are for wireless only?

How can I make my router more secure?

Yes, that's what I said. Any wired client can connect.

That's because in a wired situation, you dont need to connect to the router in order to get network access.

 

[vanja]

Usually mac address filtering is a switch operation. Now, your router has a built in switch (4 ports probably) so if firmware supports it you should be able to filter wired pc's. See if your router has a command line access. Usually there is more options from command line, but if your router's firmware doesn't support wired mac filtering then you're out of luck

 

[XFlamez]

Re: Re: Re: MAC Address Filtering

Ok. Does MAC Address Filtering are for wireless only?

How can I make my router more secure?

mac filtering is already secured

just add wep or wap for more security

 

[regiemon]

What do you mean by wep and wap?

 

[XFlamez]

What do you mean by wep and wap?

WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy

WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access

WAP: Wireless Application Protocol

you supply a password or network key
and only the wireless computers with the password can go on your router