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Topic: wifi WL-500g Deluxe filter by MAC

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i have searched the forums and i have been unable to find anything on filtering wireless clients via MAC address.

i would like to only allow the MAC id's i put in to be able to connect to my wl500

currently useing 7.09 with 2.4 kernel .. the wl500 has a broad comchip in it and works  , as long as i dont try to encrypt anything , so insted of having an open ap , i figured at least i could block via mac.

a wiki or forum link would be great if anyone knows of one.

IIRC MAC filterung was broken in 7.09. Fixed in recent trunk...

forum2008 wrote:

IIRC MAC filterung was broken in 7.09. Fixed in recent trunk...

Cool. I have compiled and install Kamikaze (r10543) on my Fonera. I also have the WiFi enabled as shown below:

config wifi-device  wifi0
        option type     atheros
        option channel  auto

        # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:
        option disabled 0

config wifi-iface
        option device   wifi0
        option network  lan
        option mode     ap
        option ssid     Fonerisk
        option encryption none

As you can see, my WiFi isn't configured with any encryption and widely open. I would appreciate if you can tell us the option to enable MAC filtering. This way, only MAC addresses listed will be able to access my WiFi.

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