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How to set mac address Linksys
I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. But now I can't connect on my laptop. My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then Wireless. In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. Please help. IS
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"IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message Can I ask WHY you want to do that?news:SZ0Zd.17353$YD4.12136@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > I'm new at this. Very new. > I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. > But now I can't connect on my laptop. > My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then > Wireless. > In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. > My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going > on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. > > Please help. > > IS > Tom I'm told it increases my security.
Wrong? IS Show quoteHide quote "Tom Scales" <tom***@softhome.net> wrote in message news:D22Zd.180085$JF2.26052@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... > > "IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message > news:SZ0Zd.17353$YD4.12136@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... >> I'm new at this. Very new. >> I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. >> But now I can't connect on my laptop. >> My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then >> Wireless. >> In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. >> My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going >> on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. >> >> Please help. >> >> IS >> > > Can I ask WHY you want to do that? > > Tom > If your are trying to increase your security changing your MAC address would
only work if the device has be compromised inside a domain. Make sure all of your devices know the new MAC address and your router has not blocked the MAC addresses of your computers. Show quoteHide quote "IS" <y@hl.com> wrote in message news:r82Zd.11455$WK2.10890@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com... > I'm told it increases my security. > Wrong? > > IS > > "Tom Scales" <tom***@softhome.net> wrote in message > news:D22Zd.180085$JF2.26052@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... > > > > "IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message > > news:SZ0Zd.17353$YD4.12136@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > >> I'm new at this. Very new. > >> I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. > >> But now I can't connect on my laptop. > >> My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then > >> Wireless. > >> In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. > >> My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going > >> on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. > >> > >> Please help. > >> > >> IS > >> > > > > Can I ask WHY you want to do that? > > > > Tom > > > > I dont think you can change the MAC of a radio since its hardcoded. Now
changing an IP is a different story. Robert... Show quoteHide quote "Tom Scales" <tom***@softhome.net> wrote in message news:D22Zd.180085$JF2.26052@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... > > "IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message > news:SZ0Zd.17353$YD4.12136@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... >> I'm new at this. Very new. >> I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. >> But now I can't connect on my laptop. >> My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then >> Wireless. >> In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. >> My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going >> on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. >> >> Please help. >> >> IS >> > > Can I ask WHY you want to do that? > > Tom > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:00:50 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "IS" <y@y.com> I assume you want to do this because your ISP leases a line to a specific MAC. wrote: >I'm new at this. Very new. >I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router >My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then Wireless. If your router is like mine, this setting is NOT how you change your router's>In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. MAC. This setting makes the router reject connections from your computers whose macs it doesn't recognise. Before you enable this, you must enter the list of MACs you want to be allowed to connect from. Since you didn't do this, it probably explains why you can't connect. Try resetting the router to factory defaults (there's usually a little button on the case), then read the manual again. -- Mark McIntyre CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html> CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt> You are confusing MAC address spoofing on the WAN side - with MAC address
filtering (allow/deny) on the wireless side. To filter / allow specific wireless clients - you add the mac address of the wireless client and set to allow only. Show quoteHide quote "IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message news:SZ0Zd.17353$YD4.12136@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > I'm new at this. Very new. > I'm trying to change the MAC address on my router and I think I did OK. > But now I can't connect on my laptop. > My Router is Linksys BEFW11S4. I clicked on the Advanced tab then > Wireless. > In Wireless I put a checkmark where it says Station MAC Filter - Enable. > My laptop is an IBM T42. It's only a year old laptop. Before I was going > on line with no problems but now there is no way I can do it. > > Please help. > > IS > OK, I turned the Mac sharing back on. Now I can go online with my laptop.
But how do I make this Linksys BEFW11S4 more safe? Thanks IS Show quoteHide quote > You are confusing MAC address spoofing on the WAN side - with MAC address > filtering (allow/deny) on the wireless side. > > To filter / allow specific wireless clients - you add the mac address of > the wireless client and set to allow only. > > Turn on WEP and WPA for encryption and authentication, assign static IPs and
limit the DHCP IP range to just your Static IPs and turn on MAC filtering to only accept the MACs you use in your network. Robert... Show quoteHide quote "IS" <y@y.com> wrote in message news:Py8Zd.12191$WK2.7266@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com... > OK, I turned the Mac sharing back on. Now I can go online with my laptop. > > But how do I make this Linksys BEFW11S4 more safe? > > Thanks > > IS > >> You are confusing MAC address spoofing on the WAN side - with MAC address >> filtering (allow/deny) on the wireless side. >> >> To filter / allow specific wireless clients - you add the mac address of >> the wireless client and set to allow only. >> >> > > 
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