[MLB-WIRELESS] MAC Filtering?

[John McClumpha]

Hi Mark,

what are you using for your wireless "AP" - is it a dedicated AP or a 
machine with a card? You could setup the MAC address filtering on your 
AP and then (if you want) filter the IP address also at the firewall stage.

As for what to use - Cam and I have been having a lot of fun with both 
smoothwall and ipcop (as mentioned a while back - if you still want me 
to drop a copy of each in let me know, I was interstate when you replied 
last time - sorry!)

Regards,

John
node INQ


Mark Aitken wrote:
> Hi ppl,
>  
> A question if you dont mind......
>  
> presently my wireless system consists of 2 seperate lans, my 
> local+wireless and my internet lans.  Both are treated seperately with 
> the internet being seperated from the wireless nodes.
>  
> Recently I have added a linux RH7.0 router to link the 2 segments via a 
> firewall, ipchains.  (simple Siliconchip rc.firewall script). In this 
> rc.firewall I have only 1 IP_address allowed to pass through the 
> firewall to the internet, my laptop. Nothing else.  This however is easy 
> to overcome by someone externely by simply setting their computer to 
> that IP_address, also no challange to some people.
>  
> My Question, can I MAC filter at the LINUX PC's level while maintaining 
> OPEN wireless access to others on the wireless LAN, no MAC filtering, no 
> WEP?  ie, only allow the MAC of my laptop + that IP_address through? 
>  
> Also,  is there a reason to migrate from good ole IPCHAINS to IPTABLES 
> or someother firewall suite (shorewall, etc)?
>  
> Regards
>  
> Mark
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
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