Small Business Computing

Wireless Network Security: A Place for MAC Filtering

Small business network security works best when it consists of multiple layers of protection. Makes sense, right? A physical business with simple door locks is much more secure if you add window locks ...
Houston Chronicle

How To Limit Internet Access Through Wireless Access

The abundance of personal, Internet-enabled mobile devices is a great temptation to employees, who may use the business Internet access for games, social networking and other non-work-related ...
Ars Technica

does mac filtering still work if the device has already connected to the Wi-Fi;

MAC filtering never really works. Anyone wanting to get on the wifi can just run a sniffer for a few minutes, find a MAC that is allowed and use it on their device. MAC filtering is useless. As for ...
Small Business Computing

Just Filtering Your MAC Won’t Do Jack

I was just wondering — If you set up MAC filtering on a home wireless network without enabling WEP or WPA, wouldn’t that be sufficient to protect the network from unauthorized access? Since no PC ...
Ars Technica

Suggest a Wireless G router with MAC filtering

I'm using an older Linksys that is WEP only, and B only.<BR><BR>I need 4 Ethernet ports, G, port forwarding, a DMZ and I just want to be able to put in MAC addresses and have it only allow those on ...