Re: VPN as a means to logon and secure wireless

From: Ben Smith [MS] (bensmi@microsoft.com)
Date: 08/09/02


From: Ben Smith [MS] <bensmi@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:20:29 -0700


In article <MPG.17bac8696bcbf7039896d4@msnews.microsoft.com>, Paul
Adare (padare@newsguy.com) writes...
> In article <uIwFLxfPCHA.2688@tkmsftngp11>, mark@markstokes.com says...
> > Thanks for this. My WAP 11 (note this is NOT version 2.2) is running
> > firmware version 1.4i.1 (which the linksys sites says is the latest and
> > software revision 1.7d.2.9
> >
> > However, I cannot see anywhere for me to resatrict which MAC addresses are
> > able to connect to the AP.
> >
> > Am I missing something completely obvious?
> >
>
> You mean besides the fact that the WAP11 AP is really intended for home
> use, and not for business use? :-)
>
> You can't restrict access based on MAC addresses using that AP.

Actually, you can.

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wap11ug.pdf

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