R.Giskard Reventlov

I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)

When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
" The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"

The Linksys site is no help!

nospam

In article <i2e049$n7e$1@news.eternal-september.org>, R.Giskard
Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)
>
> When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
> " The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"

don't bother with mac address filtering. it is easy to spoof and only
makes things more difficult, as you can see.

enable wpa encryption with a good passphrase. if you've already done
that, then mac address filtering doesn't offer you any benefit.

do not use wep, at all.

Wes Groleau

On 07-24-2010 04:52, nospam wrote:
> do not use wep, at all.

Unless you can’t give up using WiFi on your Nintendo video games.

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R.Giskard Reventlov

"Wes Groleau" <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
news:i2eg6p$881$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 07-24-2010 04:52, nospam wrote:
>> do not use wep, at all.
>
> Unless you can’t give up using WiFi on your Nintendo video games.
>
> --
> Wes Groleau
>

Exactly - I have a Wii and 4 Linksys IP cameras all of which are WEP only I
am afraid

Robert Haar

On 7/24/10 7:09 AM, "R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> "Wes Groleau" <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
> news:i2eg6p$881$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 07-24-2010 04:52, nospam wrote:
>>> do not use wep, at all.
>>
>> Unless you can¹t give up using WiFi on your Nintendo video games.
>>
>
> Exactly - I have a Wii and 4 Linksys IP cameras all of which are WEP only I
> am afraid


Some WiFi access points support a dual band configuration where one can be
locked down WPA and the other with WEP but restricted to be a separate
subnet. That way, you can isolate anything that is more sensitive to a more
secure LAN.

Jon Ribbens

On 2010-07-24, R.Giskard Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)
>
> When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
> " The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"
>
> The Linksys site is no help!

What address are you entering? Does it match the one from
Settings->General->About->Wi-Fi Address on your iPhone?

R.Giskard Reventlov

"Jon Ribbens" <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote in message
news:slrni4lpe6.8s2.jon+usenet@snowy.squish.net...
> On 2010-07-24, R.Giskard Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)
>>
>> When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
>> " The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"
>>
>> The Linksys site is no help!
>
> What address are you entering? Does it match the one from
> Settings->General->About->Wi-Fi Address on your iPhone?

I am 100% certain I am entering the correct address - it begins with 7C:
whereas all my other devices have MACs starting with 00:

Jon Ribbens

On 2010-07-24, R.Giskard Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> "Jon Ribbens" <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrni4lpe6.8s2.jon+usenet@snowy.squish.net...
>> On 2010-07-24, R.Giskard Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)
>>>
>>> When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
>>> " The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"
>>>
>>> The Linksys site is no help!
>>
>> What address are you entering? Does it match the one from
>> Settings->General->About->Wi-Fi Address on your iPhone?
>
> I am 100% certain I am entering the correct address - it begins with 7C:
> whereas all my other devices have MACs starting with 00:

OK well Apple does indeed have an Ethernet vendor code starting with
7C:6D:62. Also if it starts 7C then it is not a multicast address.
So either your router is utterly and totally broken, or you're somehow
entering the address in the wrong way.

nospam

In article <i2ehlr$9bv$1@news.eternal-september.org>, R.Giskard
Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> >> do not use wep, at all.
> >
> > Unless you can¹t give up using WiFi on your Nintendo video games.
>
> Exactly - I have a Wii and 4 Linksys IP cameras all of which are WEP only I
> am afraid

then leave it on wep, but turn off mac address filtering. it's about as
easy to spoof as wep is to crack.

Tom Harrington

In article <i2es6o$fdr$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
"R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> "Jon Ribbens" <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrni4lpe6.8s2.jon+usenet@snowy.squish.net...
> > On 2010-07-24, R.Giskard Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> I use MAC filtering on my Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway. (Latest firmware)
> >>
> >> When I enter my new iPhone 4 Wireless MAC address it returns the error
> >> " The MAC Address cant be the Multicast address"
> >>
> >> The Linksys site is no help!
> >
> > What address are you entering? Does it match the one from
> > Settings->General->About->Wi-Fi Address on your iPhone?
>
> I am 100% certain I am entering the correct address - it begins with 7C:
> whereas all my other devices have MACs starting with 00:

That does not actually answer the question posed above though, and it's
an important one.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/