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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:56:21 -0800
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP
Message-ID:  <200303260956.21266.wes@softweyr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030324150614.P15938-100000@fubar.adept.org>
References:  <20030324150614.P15938-100000@fubar.adept.org>

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On Monday 24 March 2003 15:20, Mike Hoskins wrote:
>
> I actually just use a dumb 802.11b (Netgear) AP in infrastructure
> mode at home now.  It dangles off a "DMZ" interface on my FreeBSD
> firewall.  That interface only has Squid and dhcpd bound to it.  DHCP
> listens for requests and only assigns IPs to MACs I know about. 

WICONTROL(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's Manual           
WICONTROL(8)

NAME
     wicontrol - configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices

...

 [-i] iface -m mac_address
      Set the station address for the specified interface.  The
      mac_address is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values
      separated by colons, e.g., ``00:60:1d:12:34:56''.  This programs
      the new address into the card and updates the interface as well.

Yup, mac address filtering is even less useful than WEP.  At least WEP 
takes *some* effort to crack. ;^)

/me wanders off whistling the 'end to end encryption' theme song...

-- 
         "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                              wes@softweyr.com




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