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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple Time Capsule -- Unknown User
Date: 10 Feb 2015 21:18:04 GMT
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On 2015-02-10, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> was all, like:
>> On 2015-02-09, Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2015-02-09, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote:
>>>> I have an Apple Time Capsule managed from my iMac. The Time Capsule is
>>>> the prior model. At this time it is being shared by three users,
>>>> myself, and two others. Our primary use of the capsule is to access the
>>>> internet. Access to the Time Capsule requires the password. Today I
>>>> noted that there is a fourth user, unkknown, who is accessing the Time
>>>> Capsule. I have no idea who this user is but I'm assuming that it must
>>>> be someone close enough to connect wirelessly.
>>>>
>>>> My question now is how do I disconnect this user. I assume that I will
>>>> have to change the password. Will changing the password immediately
>>>> disconnect this unknown user or will that user have to sign off and
>>>> then attempt to reconnect.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for replies!
>>>>
>>> Although not quite as effective as changing the password, you can use
>>> the Airport Utility app to enable access control to block the
>>> offending user's MAC address. At least that doesn't require your
>>> other users to fiddle with their configurations.
>
>> I'm not using an Airport but I whitelist the MAC addresses belonging
>> to my devices; any device not registered there cannot connect.
>
> If you are relying on MAC filtering to prevent connections you are
> sadly mistaken.

I don't think that's what he said. You do understand that MAC filtering
and encryption are not mutually exclusive, right?

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