Re: waaay offtopic
On Thursday 28 May 2020 04:13:24 Joe wrote:
> 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...
They are up 24/7. tell me more plz.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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