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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: segaodma on March 03, 2011, 09:24:41 PM
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Why does the MAC filtering affects the LAN side?!
I'm adding MAC allow filtering and if I don't input my LAN MAC, then I can't get to the router at all ! ! !
This is the first and only STUPID thing on a router that I have faced so far!
I am accessing the router through several other links connected wired from the LAN side, NOT WLAN!
This thing has to have all those MAC addresses in it for me to get access to it!
I am wasting 5 MACs only to be able to get to the log-on screen of the router!!!
I need the MACs for the WLAN side, not for the LAN ! ! !
Don't you think this is stupid and that you should change it?!?!?!?!
Greetings from a frustrated customer!
!@#%@#$^$%&%^&#@%*(##$$
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Thats the only way MAC Filtering works on this router. If you have it set to ON and Allow then all systems that you want to have access need to be put here. Most people leave MAC Filtering OFF. Its not stupid, you either have access or you don't, thats the way a MAC Filter works. if you want to keep undesirable wirless clients out, do that with your wireless security settings. Setup your wirless network with WPA2 and a strong password and you should be all set.
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Wired MAC address filtering and Wireless filtering should be separate. All or nothing filtering is a nuisance. I fix PCs, so I regularly connect a lot foreign wired computers to my network. Having to add wired computers to the MAC filter is just a waste of time.
Using wired computers in your home is a lot safe because you can determine who goes in and out of your house. With wireless it's the average Joe down the street you have to worry about. The little bit of extra security the filtering adds is only really useful when wireless. Sure WPA2 and a good password are always a good idea but having one more deterrent never hurts.