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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by JClishe
That's not entirely accurate. MAC filtering would prevent him from getting an IP address from the DHCP server, and if he was unable to get an IP address than his laptop wouldn't show as being connected to a network.
Yes it would. I "connect" all the time (associate to the AP) but don't get an IP address. I end up with an APIPA address (169.254.n.n) and zero connectivity, but Windows is blissfully ignorant of that problem. In Vista you'll usually get the yellow exclamation point on the connection icon on the systray.
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