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Dec 11, 2004 | 5:55 pm

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stimpy

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A few points.

It is trivial to spoof a MAC address, as it is trivial to see a non-broadcast SSID, as it is trivial to crack a WEP key, even if it is 128bit. What you can do is MAC address combined with a unique key to limit access. Or just use WPA which gives you encryption too. Newer kit will support WPA2 (or 802.11i, or AES) which is far more secure and doesn't have a performance hit. It is best to use WPA or WPA2 with 802.1x security rather than pre-shared keys. Windows Server 2000 or 2003 comes free with an 802.1x authentication server and it can be linked to the MS Active Directory.

I could go on and on, but I won't.

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