Orinoco MAC address filtering

Jean Tourrilhes jt at bougret.hpl.hp.com
Fri Aug 24 02:51:40 EST 2001


Jaakko Isomursu wrote :
> Orinoco AP-1000 provides MAC address filtering as a additional security
> method.
> Is there any known way to bypass Orinoco's MAC address filtering for example
> by duplicating WLAN-cards MAC address?

	Yes, sniff network, collect MAC addresses, set in the driver.

> When WEP is allmost useless, would this provide some security?

	If you want security :
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html#security
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.usage.html#deploy

	Jean




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