Am 17.09.2015 um 18:33 schrieb David C. Rankin:
In addition to WPA, virtually all routers support mac address filter.
Basically a lookup table of mac address that can be used to "Allow only those listed." to connect. You get the mac addresses for your wireless devices, enter those in the table, and turn the filter on and unless the mac address of a wireless device matches what you put in the table -- that device cannot connect.
With WPA and a mac address filter, you can eliminate 99.99% of unwanted connections, even if you put your router in the middle of Times Square.
Yes, I've seen that. Problem is that I want to offer my WiFi to visiting friends, and also to the guests of the room I rent. It would be very (too much) complicated to add the mac address each time...
(the other 0.01% are those the pentagon can't keep out and you are not going to keep out with normal routers...)
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