Re: Now that I know my mac address?

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Hi
From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
No Security
MAC - Very easy to spoof
WEP - Easy to Brake
WPA-PSK - Very, Very Hard to Brake
WPA-AES - Not Breakable.
WPA2 - Not breakable.
The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless Computers Card) should state the type of security that is available with your Wireless hardware.
All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass phrase.
Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible of one of the Wireless devices.
I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the device with a better one.
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"***** charles" <shultzjrX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:l9Lmi.26522$2v1.10040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all,

Now that I know my mac address for a wireless
device, I would like to enable mac address
filtering on my wireless AP. Once that is enabled
and only my mac address that I put in the list that
is allowed is my computer, how difficult is it for
someone driving by to break into my "network"?
mac spoofing or some other means?

thanks,
charles.....



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