Re: waaay offtopic
On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:01:27 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my
> > > sprint bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably
> > > need to update my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in it, but
> > > I'll have to set it so the neighbors are locked out, probably by
> > > catching this ones MAC and disallowing anything else.
> >
> > MACs can be cloned (though I doubt your neighbours would do this).
>
> Don't rely on MACs for device identification. These days it's quite
> probable that a mobile device picks a random MAC, for (well-founded,
> alas) privacy reasons [1].
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Randomization
> -- tomás
If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it (most
can), you could try RADIUS...
--
Joe
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