Not according to the manual

Post #326,922 by drook 5/27/10 10:16:26 AM Reply	Not according to the manual Editing MAC Filter Setting This feature filters the Ethernet adapterÂs specific MAC address from going out to the Internet. -- Drew
Post #326,938 by folkert 5/27/10 1:04:17 PM 5/27/10 1:04:37 PM Reply	That might not be what you are thinking. the MAC Addr is part of the network packet. When the NAT occurs the MAC Addr is not mangled or transformed. This idea/feature is part of the MANGLE of IPTables or whatever your router is using and probably changes the MAC Addr to be the Router's. Makes things harder get a read on the inside of the firewall. Of course, I could be wrong. Edited by folkert May 27, 2010, 01:04:37 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #326,942 by beepster 5/27/10 1:48:28 PM Reply	Sounds like... ..this is a setting to keep the net away from specific machines inside the network. However, I see on the linksys site, this description ---------------- Wireless MAC Address filtering is the best and simplest form of security. Wireless MAC Address Filtering allows the Wireless Router to reference a list of the MAC Addresses "allowed" wireless users, and only allows the "allowed" MAC Address access to the Wireless Network, any computer not on the list is dropped. ---------------- So at least for linksys, it appears that while it is poorly documented from what you've seen, that is where you lock the router to specific machines to allow access. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,947 by drook 5/27/10 3:15:29 PM Reply	Need to play with it some It drops all connections every time I change a setting, so I've just left it un-filtered for now. -- Drew

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