On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 12:16:27PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > My laptop has 2 connections - one wired when it's on my desk, and one > > wireless. When I'm wired, I'm on the inside. When wireless, I have > > restrictions as to which ports I can go through. The ports available > > through the wireless router are a subset of what's available on the > > inside firewall. Nobody gets on the inside of the inner firewall unless > > they have a cable they can plug into my firewall/switch. > > Just a point of information (previso: I know very little about > wireless): > > If you were to have hooked the wl router up on the inside network. > Can't it be set to only receive connect from the MAC address of your > laptop? Or do you need dhcp? The MAC address can easily be spoofed. Heck, my MAC address for the Linksys router is spoofed to be the original firewall's address I had when I first got cable modem access. I have the firewall currently set to not broadcast the SSID, MAC address filtering, and it uses 128bit encryption. However, given that I have a TiVo on 24 hours per day and it broadcasts regularly, the encryption could be broken by my neighbor if he felt like doing it. I don't suspect that he will, but why take a chance? I know him - I don't know the people a block away that may also be in range. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
