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Nexus 7 Connect (MicroUSB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Pogo Pin) / Re: mac address filtering on wifi router
« on: September 21, 2012, 01:07:43 PM »
I have a Netgear DG834 router and I use MAC filtering for my WiFi.
I just attempt to connect the new device and check in the MAC filter page on my router Admin screen. This shows the new device is trying to connect. I add that to the list of approved MAC addresses and try again with the device. The fact it now works whereas originally it did not shows I must have allowed the correct MAC address - although it would be very coincidental if someone else tried to gain access at the very moment I try to connect a new device.
This has worked for me with a number of different devices. In fact, now I have to delete one of the existing devices when I need to add a new one, as my table of permitted MAC addresses is now full.
Hope that helps.
I just attempt to connect the new device and check in the MAC filter page on my router Admin screen. This shows the new device is trying to connect. I add that to the list of approved MAC addresses and try again with the device. The fact it now works whereas originally it did not shows I must have allowed the correct MAC address - although it would be very coincidental if someone else tried to gain access at the very moment I try to connect a new device.
This has worked for me with a number of different devices. In fact, now I have to delete one of the existing devices when I need to add a new one, as my table of permitted MAC addresses is now full.
Hope that helps.
