enable hw mac addresses in wireless router

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:21:03PM -0500, Teddy Mills wrote:
> Got a Wireless WRT310N router.
> 
> Having problems setting Ubuntu laptop via WPA2 with TKIP/AES.
> spent hours, on this
> can only get 1Mbits 802.11b connection. (100% it is a g-chip)
> (old story of proprietary firmware from BroadCom drivers etc etc)

Yeah broadcom is a pain in the ass.

> So I says...why dont I just disable all wireless security.
> then enable just the hardware MAC address to enable only my computers to 
> connect.
> 
> Just as secure as before, right?

Because clearly a MAC address can't be faked. :)  Oh and reading all
your traffic should not be a problem.

> Plus you do not have to worry about all kinds of wireless wacky macky...

You just have to worry about different stuff.

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