Re: waaay offtopic

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: waaay offtopic
Date	2020-05-28 10:20 +0200
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On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:01:27 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote:  
> > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my
> > > sprint bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably
> > > need to update my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in it, but
> > > I'll have to set it so the neighbors are locked out, probably by
> > > catching this ones MAC and disallowing anything else.  
> > 
> > MACs can be cloned (though I doubt your neighbours would do this).  
> 
> Don't rely on MACs for device identification. These days it's quite
> probable that a mobile device picks a random MAC, for (well-founded,
> alas) privacy reasons [1].
> 
> Cheers
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Randomization
> -- tomás

If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it (most
can), you could try RADIUS...

-- 
Joe

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waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-27 20:50 +0200
  Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-27 21:00 +0200
    Re: waaay offtopic (and solved.) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-27 22:40 +0200
      Re: waaay offtopic (and solved.) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 11:40 +0200
  Re: waaay offtopic Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-05-27 21:20 +0200
  Re: waaay offtopic Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-05-27 23:30 +0200
  Re: waaay offtopic "Will Mengarini" <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2020-05-28 01:40 +0200
  Re: waaay offtopic Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-05-28 03:20 +0200
    Re: waaay offtopic Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-05-28 03:40 +0200
      Re: waaay offtopic Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-05-28 04:00 +0200
        Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 07:00 +0200
          Re: waaay offtopic rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-05-28 12:50 +0200
            Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-29 10:10 +0200
    Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-28 06:10 +0200
      Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 07:40 +0200
        Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-28 07:50 +0200
          Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 08:10 +0200
        Re: waaay offtopic <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-05-28 10:10 +0200
          Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-28 10:20 +0200
            Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-28 13:30 +0200
              Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-28 14:40 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-29 10:30 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-29 11:00 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-29 11:40 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-29 14:30 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-29 15:30 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-29 17:00 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-29 17:50 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-05-29 19:10 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-29 19:30 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-05-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-05-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-05-29 23:50 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-05-30 00:10 +0200
                Re: waaay offtopic Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-05-30 04:00 +0200
        Re: waaay offtopic John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-05-28 14:40 +0200
          Re: waaay offtopic "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2020-05-28 20:40 +0200
          Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-29 10:20 +0200
    Re: waaay offtopic Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 07:20 +0200

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