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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> My Gentoo router's wireless network is encrypted via WPA and doesn't |
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> DHCP. I'd like to take this a step further in case my WPA key gets |
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> hacked. Can I issue only certain IPs to certain MAC addresses? |
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> Does WPA2 require hardware support? |
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> - Grant |
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My LinkSys wireless router supports MAC address filtering. I can add a |
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MAC address to the allowed list and disallow everything else. It works |
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for us so far, until someone manages to somehow find out an allowed |
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MAC address and pretends to be that address. I'll deal with that |
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should it ever happen. Unlikely I think... |
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It is a little extra work adding a new device in as I have to discover |
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its address but that's OK with me. |
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I don't think is typically done in hardware as the specs change and |
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hardware designers are reluctant to put the gates in. More likely it's |
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done in firmware on a router like mine, or software if you're using |
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some Gentoo box to do a job like this. |
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- Mark |
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